Verse 17

Ezekiel 4:17

New Living Translation

17 Lacking food and water, people will look at one another in terror, and they will waste away under their punishment.

Original Language Text

hebrew

לְמַ֥עַן יַחְסְר֖וּ לֶ֣חֶם וָ/מָ֑יִם וְ/נָשַׁ֨מּוּ֙ אִ֣ישׁ וְ/אָחִ֔י/ו וְ/נָמַ֖קּוּ בַּ/עֲוֺנָֽ/ם

English Translation

For the sake of lacking bread and water, and each man and his brother will be weary because of their iniquities.

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Chapter 4 Context

1 “And now, son of man, take a large clay brick and set it down in front of you. Then draw a map of th... Focus ↗

2 Show the city under siege. Build a wall around it so no one can escape. Set up the enemy camp, and s... Focus ↗

3 Then take an iron griddle and place it between you and the city. Turn toward the city and demonstrat... Focus ↗

4 “Now lie on your left side and place the sins of Israel on yourself. You are to bear their sins for... Focus ↗

5 I am requiring you to bear Israel’s sins for 390 days — one day for each year of their sin. Focus ↗

6 After that, turn over and lie on your right side for 40 days — one day for each year of Judah’s sin. Focus ↗

7 “Meanwhile, keep staring at the siege of Jerusalem. Lie there with your arm bared and prophesy her d... Focus ↗

8 I will tie you up with ropes so you won’t be able to turn from side to side until the days of your s... Focus ↗

9 “Now go and get some wheat, barley, beans, lentils, millet, and emmer wheat, and mix them together i... Focus ↗

10 Ration this out to yourself, eight ounces of food for each day, and eat it at set times. Focus ↗

11 Then measure out a jar of water for each day, and drink it at set times. Focus ↗

12 Prepare and eat this food as you would barley cakes. While all the people are watching, bake it over... Focus ↗

13 Then the LORD said, “This is how Israel will eat defiled bread in the Gentile lands to which I will... Focus ↗

14 Then I said, “O Sovereign LORD, must I be defiled by using human dung? For I have never been defiled... Focus ↗

15 “All right,” the LORD said. “You may bake your bread with cow dung instead of human dung.” Focus ↗

16 Then he told me, “Son of man, I will make food very scarce in Jerusalem. It will be weighed out with... Focus ↗

17 Lacking food and water, people will look at one another in terror, and they will waste away under th...

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