Ezekiel 12:18

18 "Son of man, ¹eat your bread with trembling and drink your water with quivering and anxiety.

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Ezekiel 12:18 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 12:18

Son of man, eat thy bread with quaking
As one in surprise or fear, or that has got an ague upon him: and drink thy water with trembling and with carefulness;
fearing want of it, or as apprehensive of danger of its being taken away; see ( Ezekiel 4:16 ) .

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Ezekiel 12:18 In-Context

16 "But I will spare a few of them from the sword, the famine and the pestilence that they may tell all their abominations among the nations where they go, and may know that I am the LORD ."

17 Moreover, the word of the LORD came to me saying,

18 "Son of man, eat your bread with trembling and drink your water with quivering and anxiety.

19 "Then say to the people of the land, 'Thus says the Lord GOD concerning the inhabitants of Jerusalem in the land of Israel, "They will eat their bread with anxiety and drink their water with horror, because their land will be stripped of its fullness on account of the violence of all who live in it.

20 "The inhabited cities will be laid waste and the land will be a desolation. So you will know that I am the LORD .""'

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1. Lamentations 5:9; Ezekiel 4:16

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Ezekiel 12:18 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 12:18 In-Context

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