Ezekiel 4:16 “Then He told me, “Son of man, I am going to cut off the supply of food…”

Ezekiel 4:16

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.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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:

World English Bible

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;

American Standard Version

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:

Geneva Bible 1599

Moreouer, he said vnto me, Sonne of man, beholde, I will breake the staffe of bread in Ierusalem, and they shall eate bread by weight, and with care, and they shall drinke water by measure, and with astonishment.

Darby Translation

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:

Young's Literal Translation

And He saith unto me, 'Son of man, lo, I am breaking the staff of bread in Jerusalem, and they have eaten bread by weight and with fear; and water by measure and with astonishment, they do drink;

Bible in Basic English

And he said to me, Son of man, see, I will take away from Jerusalem her necessary bread: they will take their bread by weight and with care, measuring out their drinking-water with fear and wonder:

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Cross references

“I will”

Ezekiel 5:16 Isaiah 3:1 Leviticus 26:26 Psalm 105:16 Ezekiel 14:13

Ezekiel 5:16 · BSB

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.

Isaiah 3:1 · BSB

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,

Leviticus 26:26 · BSB

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.

Psalm 105:16 · BSB

He called down famine on the land and cut off all their supplies of food.

Ezekiel 14:13 · BSB

“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,

“eat”

Psalm 60:3 Lamentations 1:11 Lamentations 5:9 Ezekiel 4:10 Ezekiel 4:11 Ezekiel 12:18

Psalm 60:3 · BSB

You have shown Your people hardship; we are staggered from the wine You made us drink.

Lamentations 1:11 · BSB

All her people groan as they search for bread. They have traded their treasures for food to keep themselves alive. Look, O LORD, and consider, for I have become despised.

Lamentations 5:9 · BSB

We get our bread at the risk of our lives because of the sword in the wilderness.

Ezekiel 4:10 · BSB

You are to weigh out twenty shekels of food to eat each day, and you are to eat it at set times.

Ezekiel 4:11 · BSB

You are also to measure out a sixth of a hin of water to drink, and you are to drink it at set times.

Ezekiel 12:18 · BSB

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

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

In context

15“Look,” He replied, “I will let you use cow dung instead of human excrement, and you may bake your bread over that.”

17So they will lack food and water; they will be appalled at the sight of one another wasting away in their iniquity.

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