And the LORD said, Even thus shall the children of Israel eat their defiled bread among the Gentiles, whither I will drive them.
Even thus shall the children of Israel eat their defiled bread among the Gentiles - implying that Israel's special distinction was to be abolished, and that they were to be outwardly blended with the idolatrous pagan (Deuteronomy 28:68; Hosea 9:3).