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Ezekiel 4:17

Judgment

15 Then he said unto me, Lo, I have given thee cow’s dung for man’s dung, and thou shalt prepare thy bread therewith.

16 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:

That they may want bread and water, and be astonied one with another, and consume away for their iniquity.
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BSB
So they will lack food and water; they will be appalled at the sight of one another wasting away in their iniquity.
KJV
That they may want bread and water, and be astonied one with another, and consume away for their iniquity.
WEB
that they may lack bread and water, be dismayed one with another, and pine away in their iniquity.
ASV
that they may want bread and water, and be dismayed one with another, and pine away in their iniquity.
DARBY
because bread and water shall fail them, and they shall be astonied one with another, and waste away in their iniquity.
BLB
so that they lack bread and water, and they be dismayed, a man and his brother, and waste away in their iniquity!
ÅB
så de skal lide mangel på brød og vann og forferdes, den ene med den andre, og visne bort i sin misgjerning.
OTB
fordi mat og vann vil være knapt. De vil se på hverandre i redsel og svinne bort i sin skyld.
B1930
så de skal lide mangel på brød og vann og forferdes, den ene med den andre, og visne bort i sin misgjerning.

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Cross references

  • Leviticus 26:39

    And they that are left of you shall pine away in their iniquity in your enemies’ lands; and also in the iniquities of their fathers shall they pine away with them.

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  • Ezekiel 24:23

    And your tires shall be upon your heads, and your shoes upon your feet: ye shall not mourn nor weep; but ye shall pine away for your iniquities, and mourn one toward another.

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  • Ezekiel 33:10

    Therefore, O thou son of man, speak unto the house of Israel; Thus ye speak, saying, If our transgressions and our sins be upon us, and we pine away in them, how should we then live?

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