Ezekiel 12:18

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

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KJV

Son of man, eat thy bread with quaking, and drink thy water with trembling and with carefulness;

ASV

Son of man, eat thy bread with quaking, and drink thy water with trembling and with fearfulness;

YLT

`Son of man, thy bread in haste thou dost eat, and thy water with trembling and with fear thou dost drink;

DBT

Son of man, eat thy bread with quaking, and drink thy water with trembling and with anxiety;

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Son of man, eat thy bread with quaking,.... As one in surprise or fear, or that has got an ague upon him: and drink thy water with trembling and with carefulness; fearing want of it, or as apprehensive of danger of its being taken away; see Eze 4:16.

John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)reformed

Related commentary

(Verse 17 and following) And the word of the Lord came to me, saying: Son of man, eat your bread with agitation (Vulgate adds but); and drink your water with haste and sorrow. And say (Vulgate says you shall say) to the people of the land: Thus says the Lord God to those who dwell in Jerusalem, in the land of Israel: They shall eat their bread with solicitude, and drink their water in desolation, so that the land may be desolate because of the multitude of its inhabitants, because of the wickedness of all who dwell in it.

Jerome· Commentary on Ezekiel, 420patristic

Eat thy bread with quaking - Assume the manner of a person who is every moment afraid of his life, who has nothing but a morsel of bread to eat, and a little water to drink. Thus signifying the siege, and the straits to which they should be reduced. See this explained, Eze 12:19 (note).

Adam Clarke· Commentary on the Bible, 1832evangelical

Note, When ministers speak of the ruin coming upon impenitent sinners they must endeavour to speak feelingly, as those that know the terrors of the Lord; and they must be content to endure hardness, so that they may but do good.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

A message is sent from God to the people, to assure them that all these predictions should have their accomplishment very shortly, and not be deferred, as they flattered themselves they would be,

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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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.
Lamentations 5:9
We get our bread at the risk of our lives because of the sword in the wilderness.
1 Kings 17:12
But she replied, “As surely as the LORD your God lives, I have no bread—only a handful of flour in a jar and a little oil in a jug. Look, I am gathering a couple of sticks to take home and prepare a meal for myself and my son, so that we may eat it and die.”
Daniel 10:7
Only I, Daniel, saw the vision; the men with me did not see it, but a great terror fell upon them, and they ran and hid themselves.
Psalms 80:5
You fed them with the bread of tears and made them drink the full measure of their tears.
Psalms 60:2–3
You have shaken the land and torn it open. Heal its fractures, for it is quaking.
Psalms 102:4–9
My heart is afflicted, and withered like grass; I even forget to eat my bread.
Deuteronomy 28:48
you will serve your enemies the LORD will send against you in famine, thirst, nakedness, and destitution. He will place an iron yoke on your neck until He has destroyed you.
Leviticus 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.
Deuteronomy 28:65
Among those nations you will find no repose, not even a resting place for the sole of your foot. There the LORD will give you a trembling heart, failing eyes, and a despairing soul.
Leviticus 26:36
As for those of you who survive, I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies, so that even the sound of a windblown leaf will put them to flight. And they will flee as one flees the sword, and fall when no one pursues them.
Job 3:24
I sigh when food is put before me, and my groans pour out like water.

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About this book

The Prophet Ezekiel — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

Ezekiel — The exile prophet — priest taken to Babylon in 597 BC, writing to a community still convinced the exile is temporary. Wheels within wheels, the glory departing, dry bones coming to life, and the city whose new name is YHWH Shammah — ‘the LORD is there.’

Canon: Old Testament
Author: Ezekiel, son of Buzi the priest (1:3)
Date: Dated oracles 593 BC (1:1, fifth year of Jehoiachin's exile) to 571 BC (29:17)

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Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first — the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

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Lamentations 5:9
We get our bread at the risk of our lives because of the sword in the wilderness.
leads to
- Ezekiel 4:16–17
  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…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Jeremiah 40:9–12
  Gedaliah son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, swore an oath to them and their men, assuring them, “Do not be afraid to serve the Chaldeans. Live in the land and serve the king…
- Ezekiel 12:18–19
  “Son of man, eat your bread with trembling, and drink your water with quivering and anxiety.
- Judges 6:11
  Then the angel of the LORD came and sat down under the oak in Ophrah that belonged to Joash the Abiezrite, where his son Gideon was threshing wheat in a winepress to hide it…
Through
Psalms 80:5
You fed them with the bread of tears and made them drink the full measure of their tears.
leads to
- Isaiah 30:20
  The Lord will give you the bread of adversity and the water of affliction, but your Teacher will no longer hide Himself—with your own eyes you will see Him.
- Psalms 42:3
  My tears have been my food both day and night, while men ask me all day long, “Where is your God?”
- Psalms 102:9
  For I have eaten ashes like bread and mixed my drink with tears
- Job 6:7
  My soul refuses to touch them; they are loathsome food to me.

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