Ezekiel 4:16
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“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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“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 · Public Domain (CC0)“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:”
King James Version · Public Domain“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:”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“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;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Ezekiel 4:16 — 13 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 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.
- 2 Kings 6:25So there was a great famine in Samaria. Indeed, they besieged the city so long that a donkey’s head sold for eighty shekels of silver, and a quarter cab of dove’s dung sold for five shekels of silver.
- 2 Kings 25:3By the ninth day of the fourth month, the famine in the city was so severe that the people of the land had no food.
- Psalms 60:3You have shown Your people hardship; we are staggered from the wine You made us drink.
- Psalms 105:16He called down famine on the land and cut off all their supplies 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,
- 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 4:9Those slain by the sword are better off than those who die of hunger, who waste away, pierced with pain because the fields lack produce.
- Lamentations 5:9We get our bread at the risk of our lives because of the sword in the wilderness.
- 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 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.
- Ezekiel 12:18“Son of man, eat your bread with trembling, and drink your water with quivering and anxiety.
- 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,
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