Ezekiel 12:18

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

Son {H1121} of man {H120}, eat {H398} thy bread {H3899} with quaking {H7494}, and drink {H8354} thy water {H4325} with trembling {H7269} and with carefulness {H1674};

"Human being, shake as you eat your food; tremble anxiously as you drink your water;

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

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

Commentary

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Cross-References

  • Lamentations 5:9 (3 votes)

    We gat our bread with [the peril of] our lives because of the sword of the wilderness.

  • Psalms 60:2 (2 votes)

    Thou hast made the earth to tremble; thou hast broken it: heal the breaches thereof; for it shaketh.

  • Psalms 60:3 (2 votes)

    Thou hast shewed thy people hard things: thou hast made us to drink the wine of astonishment.

  • Leviticus 26:26 (2 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.

  • Leviticus 26:36 (2 votes)

    And upon them that are left [alive] of you I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies; and the sound of a shaken leaf shall chase them; and they shall flee, as fleeing from a sword; and they shall fall when none pursueth.

  • Deuteronomy 28:65 (2 votes)

    And among these nations shalt thou find no ease, neither shall the sole of thy foot have rest: but the LORD shall give thee there a trembling heart, and failing of eyes, and sorrow of mind:

  • Ezekiel 4:16 (2 votes)

    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: