¹⁷The word of the Lord came to me: ¹⁸“Son of man, tremble as you eat your food,^u and shudder in fear as you drink your water. ¹⁹Say to the people of the land: ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says about those living in Jerusalem and in the land of Israel: They will eat their food in anxiety and drink their water in despair, for their land will be stripped of everything^v in it because of the violence of all who live there.^w ²⁰The inhabited towns will be laid waste and the land will be desolate. Then you will know that I am the Lord.^x’ ”

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Cross references

u La 5:9
v Jer 10:22; See Eze 6:6–14; Mic 7:13; Zec 7:14
wSee Eze 4:16; 23:33
x Isa 7:23–24; See Jer 4:7; See 25:9

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

And the word of the Lord came to me: “Son of man, eat your bread with quaking, and drink water with trembling and with anxiety. And say to the people of the land, Thus says the Lord God concerning the inhabitants of Jerusalem in the land of Israel: They shall eat their bread with anxiety, and drink water in dismay. In this way her land will be stripped of all it contains, on account of the violence of all those who dwell in it. And the inhabited cities shall be laid waste, and the land shall become a desolation; and you shall know that I am the Lord.”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

The word of the Lord came to me: “Son of man, eat your bread with trembling and drink your water with anxious shaking. Then say to the people of the land, ‘This is what the Lord God says about the residents of Jerusalem 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 live there. The inhabited cities will be destroyed, and the land will become dreadful. Then you will know that I am the Lord.’ ”

NLTNew Living Translation

Then this message came to me from the Lord: “Son of man, tremble as you eat your food. Shake with fear as you drink your water. Tell the people, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says concerning those living in Israel and Jerusalem: They will eat their food with trembling and sip their water in despair, for their land will be stripped bare because of their violence. The cities will be destroyed and the farmland made desolate. Then you will know that I am the Lord.’ ”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And the word of Yahweh came to me, saying, “Son of man, you must eat your food with trembling, and your water with shuddering, and with anxiety you must drink. And you must say to the people of the land, ‘Thus says the Lord Yahweh to the inhabitants of Jerusalem about the land of Israel: “They will eat their food with anxiety and their water they will drink with horror, because their land will be desolate from its fullness because of all the violence of those who are dwelling in it. And the inhabited cites will be desolate, and the land will be a desolation, and you will know that I am Yahweh.” ’ ”

KJV 1900King James Version

Moreover the word of the Lord came to me, saying, Son of man, eat thy bread with quaking, and drink thy water with trembling and with carefulness; And say unto the people of the land, Thus saith the Lord God of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and of the land of Israel; They shall eat their bread with carefulness, and drink their water with astonishment, that her land may be desolate from all that is therein, because of the violence of all them that dwell therein. And the cities that are inhabited shall be laid waste, and the land shall be desolate; and ye shall know that I am the Lord.

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