Ezekiel 4:16
14 “Ah, Lord GOD,” I said, “I have never defiled myself. From my youth until now I have not eaten anything found dead or mauled by wild beasts. No unclean meat has ever entered my mouth.”
15 “Look,” He replied, “I will let you use cow dung instead of human excrement, and you may bake your bread over that.”
Then He told me, “Son of man, I am going to cut off the supply of food in Jerusalem. They will anxiously eat bread rationed by weight, and in despair they will drink water by measure.
17 So they will lack food and water; they will be appalled at the sight of one another wasting away in their iniquity.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- Then He told me, “Son of man, I am going to cut off the supply of food in Jerusalem. They will anxiously eat bread rationed by weight, and in despair they will drink water by measure.
- KJV
- Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, behold, I will break the staff of bread in Jerusalem: and they shall eat bread by weight, and with care; and they shall drink water by measure, and with astonishment:
- WEB
- Moreover he said to me, “Son of man, behold, I will break the staff of bread in Jerusalem. They will eat bread by weight, and with fearfulness. They will drink water by measure, and in dismay;
- ASV
- Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, behold, I will break the staff of bread in Jerusalem: and they shall eat bread by weight, and with fearfulness; and they shall drink water by measure, and in dismay:
- DARBY
- And he said unto me, Son of man, behold, I break the staff of bread in Jerusalem; and they shall eat bread by weight, and with anxiety; and they shall drink water by measure, and with astonishment:
- BLB
- And He said to me: “Son of man, behold, I am going to cut off the staff of bread in Jerusalem, and they will eat bread by weight and with anxiety, and they will drink water by measure and with dread,
- ÅB
- Og han sa til meg: Menneskesønn! Se, jeg sønderbryter brødets stav i Jerusalem, og de skal spise brød etter vekt og med bekymring og drikke vann etter mål og med forferdelse,
- OTB
- Han sa så til meg: “Menneskesønn, se, jeg er i ferd med å bryte brødets stav i Jerusalem. De skal spise brød etter vekt og med angst, og drikke vann etter mål og med forferdelse,
- B1930
- Og han sa til mig: Menneskesønn! Se, jeg sønderbryter brødets stav i Jerusalem, og de skal ete brød efter vekt og med bekymring og drikke vann efter mål og med forferdelse,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Ezekiel 5:16
When I shower you with the deadly arrows of famine and destruction that I will send to destroy you, I will intensify the famine against you and cut off your supply of food.
Read in contextIsaiah 3:1
For behold, the Lord GOD of Hosts is about to remove from Jerusalem and Judah both supply and support: the whole supply of food and water,
Read in contextLeviticus 26:26
When I cut off your supply of bread, ten women will bake your bread in a single oven and dole out your bread by weight, so that you will eat but not be satisfied.
Read in contextEzekiel 4:10–11
You are to weigh out twenty shekels of food to eat each day, and you are to eat it at set times.
Read in contextPsalms 105:16
He called down famine on the land and cut off all their supplies of food.
Read in contextEzekiel 12:18–19
“Son of man, eat your bread with trembling, and drink your water with quivering and anxiety.
Read in contextEzekiel 14:13
“Son of man, if a land sins against Me by acting unfaithfully, and I stretch out My hand against it to cut off its supply of food, to send famine upon it, and to cut off from it both man and beast,
Read in contextLamentations 4:9–10
Those slain by the sword are better off than those who die of hunger, who waste away, pierced with pain because the fields lack produce.
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