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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.

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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:

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:

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17 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merand he saidH559 →
אֵלַ֗י'e.Laito meH413 →
בֶּן־ben-O son ofH1121 →
אָדָם֙'a.DamhumankindH120 →
הִנְנִ֨יhi.Nihere IH2005 →
שֹׁבֵ֤רsho.Ver[am] about to breakH7665 →
מַטֵּה־ma.teh-[the] staff ofH4294 →
לֶ֙חֶם֙le.chembreadH3899 →
בִּיר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔םbi.Ru.sha.Limin JerusalemH3389 →
וְאָכְלוּ־ve.'a.khe.lu-and they will eatH398 →
לֶ֥חֶםLe.chembreadH3899 →
בְּמִשְׁקָ֖לbe.mish.Kalby weightH4948 →
וּבִדְאָגָ֑הu.vid.'a.Gahand in anxietyH1674 →
וּמַ֕יִםu.Ma.yimand waterH4325 →
בִּמְשׂוּרָ֥הbim.su.Rahby measureH4884 →
וּבְשִׁמָּמ֖וֹןu.ve.shi.ma.Monand in horrorH8078 →
יִשְׁתּֽוּ׃yish.Tuthey will drinkH8354 →

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Ezekiel 5:16When 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 3:1For 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,Revelation 6:5And when the Lamb opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature say, “Come!” Then I looked and saw a black horse, and its rider held in his hand a pair of scales.Leviticus 26:26When 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.Psalms 105:16He called down famine on the land and cut off all their supplies of food.Ezekiel 4:10–11You are to weigh out twenty shekels of food to eat each day, and you are to eat it at set times.Ezekiel 12:18–19“Son of man, eat your bread with trembling, and drink your water with quivering and anxiety.Ezekiel 4:9But take wheat, barley, beans, lentils, millet, and spelt; put them in a single container and make them into bread for yourself. This is what you are to eat during the 390 days you lie on your side.Ezekiel 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,Isaiah 36:12But the Rabshakeh replied, “Has my master sent me to speak these words only to you and your master, and not to the men sitting on the wall, who are destined with you to eat their own dung and drink their own urine?”Psalms 104:15wine that gladdens the heart of man, oil that makes his face to shine, and bread that sustains his heart.Psalms 60:3You have shown Your people hardship; we are staggered from the wine You made us drink.Lamentations 5:9We get our bread at the risk of our lives because of the sword in the wilderness.Lamentations 1:11All 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 4:9–10Those slain by the sword are better off than those who die of hunger, who waste away, pierced with pain because the fields lack produce.Ezekiel 4:11You are also to measure out a sixth of a hin of water to drink, and you are to drink it at set times.Ezekiel 4:10You are to weigh out twenty shekels of food to eat each day, and you are to eat it at set times.Ezekiel 12:19Then 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.

About Ezekiel

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