Ezekiel 12:19 “Then tell the people of the land that this is what the Lord GOD says a…”

Ezekiel 12:19

Then tell the people of the land that this is what the Lord GOD says about those living in Jerusalem and in the land of Israel: ‘They will eat their bread with anxiety and drink their water in dread, for their land will be stripped of everything in it because of the violence of all who dwell in it.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And say unto the people of the land, Thus saith the Lord GOD of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and of the land of Israel; They shall eat their bread with carefulness, and drink their water with astonishment, that her land may be desolate from all that is therein, because of the violence of all them that dwell therein.

World English Bible

Tell the people of the land, ‘The Lord GOD says concerning the inhabitants of Jerusalem and the land of Israel: “They will eat their bread with fearfulness and drink their water in dismay, that her land may be desolate, and all that is therein, because of the violence of all those who dwell therein.

American Standard Version

and say unto the people of the land, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah concerning the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and the land of Israel: They shall eat their bread with fearfulness, and drink their water in dismay, that her land may be desolate, and despoiled of all that is therein, because of the violence of all them that dwell therein.

Geneva Bible 1599

And say vnto the people of the land, Thus saith the Lord God of the inhabitants of Ierusalem, and of the lande of Israel, They shall eate their bread with carefulnes, and drinke their water with desolation: for the lande shall bee desolate from her abundance because of the crueltie of them that dwell therein.

Darby Translation

and say unto the people of the land, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah concerning the inhabitants of Jerusalem, in the land of Israel: They shall eat their bread with anxiety, and drink their water with astonishment, because her land shall be left desolate of all that is in it, for the violence of all them that dwell therein.

Young's Literal Translation

and thou hast said unto the people of the land, Thus said the Lord Jehovah concerning the inhabitants of Jerusalem, concerning the land of Israel: Their bread with fear they do eat, and their water with astonishment drink, because its land is desolate, because of its fulness, because of the violence of all who are dwelling in it.

Bible in Basic English

And say to the people of the land, This is what the Lord has said about the people of Jerusalem and the land of Israel: They will take their food with care and their drink with wonder, so that all the wealth of their land may be taken from it because of the violent ways of the people living in it.

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Cross references

“with carefulness”

1 Kings 17:10–12

1 Kings 17:10–12 · BSB

So Elijah got up and went to Zarephath. When he arrived at the city gate, there was a widow gathering sticks. Elijah called to her and said, “Please bring me a little water in a cup, so that I may drink.”

“that her”

Zechariah 7:14 Ezekiel 6:14 Micah 7:13 Jeremiah 10:22 Ezekiel 36:3 Isaiah 6:11

Zechariah 7:14 · BSB

But I scattered them with a whirlwind among all the nations that they had not known, and the land was left desolate behind them so that no one could come or go. Thus they turned the pleasant land into a desolation.”

Ezekiel 6:14 · BSB

I will stretch out My hand against them, and wherever they live I will make the land a desolate waste, from the wilderness to Diblah. Then they will know that I am the LORD.’”

Micah 7:13 · BSB

Then the earth will become desolate because of its inhabitants, as the fruit of their deeds.

Jeremiah 10:22 · BSB

Listen! The sound of a report is coming— a great commotion from the land to the north. It will make the cities of Judah a desolation, a haunt for jackals.

Ezekiel 36:3 · BSB

therefore prophesy and declare that this is what the Lord GOD says: Because they have made you desolate and have trampled you on every side, so that you became a possession of the rest of the nations and were taken up in…

Isaiah 6:11 · BSB

Then I asked: “How long, O Lord?” And He replied: “Until the cities lie ruined and without inhabitant, until the houses are left unoccupied and the land is desolate and ravaged,

“all that is therein”

1 Corinthians 10:28 Psalm 24:1 1 Corinthians 10:26

1 Corinthians 10:28 · BSB

But if someone tells you, “This food was offered to idols,” then do not eat it, for the sake of the one who told you and for the sake of conscience—

Psalm 24:1 · BSB

The earth is the LORD’s, and the fullness thereof, the world and all who dwell therein.

1 Corinthians 10:26 · BSB

for, “The earth is the Lord’s, and the fullness thereof.”

“because”

Ezekiel 7:23 Genesis 6:11–13 Psalm 107:34 Jeremiah 6:7 Micah 3:10–12

Ezekiel 7:23 · BSB

Forge the chain, for the land is full of crimes of bloodshed, and the city is full of violence.

Genesis 6:11–13 · BSB

Now the earth was corrupt in the sight of God, and full of violence.

Psalm 107:34 · BSB

and fruitful land into fields of salt, because of the wickedness of its dwellers.

Jeremiah 6:7 · BSB

As a well gushes its water, so she pours out her evil. Violence and destruction resound in her; sickness and wounds are ever before Me.

Micah 3:10–12 · BSB

who build Zion with bloodshed and Jerusalem with iniquity.

Also

Ezekiel 4:16

Ezekiel 4:16 · 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.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

18“Son of man, eat your bread with trembling, and drink your water with quivering and anxiety.

20The inhabited cities will be laid waste, and the land will become desolate. Then you will know that I am the LORD.’”

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