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Ezekiel 4:16–17

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16Moreover, he said to me, w“Son of man, behold, xI will break the supply7 of bread in Jerusalem. They shall eat bread oby weight and with anxiety, and they shall drink water oby measure and in dismay. 17I will do this that they may lack bread and water, and ylook at one another in dismay, and zrot away because of their punishment.

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Footnotes

  1. 7Hebrew staff

Cross references

  1. wSee ch. 2:1
  2. xch. 5:16; 14:13; Lev. 26:26
  3. o[See ver. 10 above]
  4. ySee ch. 3:15
  5. zch. 24:23; 33:10; Lev. 26:39

In other versions

NIVNew International Version (2011)

He then said to me: “Son of man, I am about to cut off the food supply in Jerusalem. The people will eat rationed food in anxiety and drink rationed water in despair, for food and water will be scarce. They will be appalled at the sight of each other and will waste away because of their sin.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

He said to me, “Son of man, I am going to cut off the supply of bread in Jerusalem. They will anxiously eat food they have weighed out and in dread drink rationed water for lack of bread and water. Everyone will be devastated and waste away because of their iniquity.

NLTNew Living Translation

Then he told me, “Son of man, I will make food very scarce in Jerusalem. It will be weighed out with great care and eaten fearfully. The water will be rationed out drop by drop, and the people will drink it with dismay. Lacking food and water, people will look at one another in terror, and they will waste away under their punishment.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And he said to me, “Son of man, look, I am going to break the supply of bread in Jerusalem, and they will eat bread by weight, anxiously, and rationed water, and they will drink with horror, so that they will lack food and water, and they will be appalled with one another, and they will waste away because of their guilt.

KJV 1900King James Version

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: That they may want bread and water, and be astonied one with another, and consume away for their iniquity.