Verse 16
Ezekiel 5:16
New Living Translation
16
“I will shower you with the deadly arrows of famine to destroy you. The famine will become more and more severe until every crumb of food is gone.
Original Language Text
hebrew
בְּֽ/שַׁלְּחִ֡/י אֶת חִצֵּי֩ הָ/רָעָ֨ב הָ/רָעִ֤ים בָּ/הֶם֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר הָי֣וּ לְ/מַשְׁחִ֔ית אֲשֶׁר אֲשַׁלַּ֥ח אוֹתָ֖/ם לְ/שַֽׁחֶתְ/כֶ֑ם וְ/רָעָב֙ אֹסֵ֣ף עֲלֵי/כֶ֔ם וְ/שָׁבַרְתִּ֥י לָ/כֶ֖ם מַטֵּה לָֽחֶם
English Translation
When I send My arrows of hunger, those who are destructive, which I will send to destroy you, and hunger will gather against you, and I will break for you the staff of bread.
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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