Ezekiel 4:16

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:

Moreover he said {H559} unto me, Son {H1121} of man {H120}, behold, I will break {H7665} the staff {H4294} of bread {H3899} in Jerusalem {H3389}: and they shall eat {H398} bread {H3899} by weight {H4948}, and with care {H1674}; and they shall drink {H8354} water {H4325} by measure {H4884}, and with astonishment {H8078}:

He then said to me, "Human being, I am going to cut off the supply of bread in Yerushalayim, so that they will anxiously weigh out bread to eat, and, horrified, ration water to drink.

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.

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:

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Cross-References

  • Ezekiel 5:16 (7 votes)

    When I shall send upon them the evil arrows of famine, which shall be for [their] destruction, [and] which I will send to destroy you: and I will increase the famine upon you, and will break your staff of bread:

  • Isaiah 3:1 (6 votes)

    ¶ For, behold, the Lord, the LORD of hosts, doth take away from Jerusalem and from Judah the stay and the staff, the whole stay of bread, and the whole stay of water,

  • Leviticus 26:26 (5 votes)

    [And] when I have broken the staff of your bread, ten women shall bake your bread in one oven, and they shall deliver [you] your bread again by weight: and ye shall eat, and not be satisfied.

  • Ezekiel 4:10 (4 votes)

    And thy meat which thou shalt eat [shall be] by weight, twenty shekels a day: from time to time shalt thou eat it.

  • Ezekiel 4:11 (4 votes)

    Thou shalt drink also water by measure, the sixth part of an hin: from time to time shalt thou drink.

  • Ezekiel 14:13 (4 votes)

    Son of man, when the land sinneth against me by trespassing grievously, then will I stretch out mine hand upon it, and will break the staff of the bread thereof, and will send famine upon it, and will cut off man and beast from it:

  • Ezekiel 12:18 (4 votes)

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