Ezekiel 4:17

17 I will do this that they may lack bread and water, and ¹look at one another in dismay, and ²rot away because of their punishment.

Ezekiel 4:17 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 4:17

That they may want bread and water
Or, "because they shall want" ^F12 &c. therefore they shall eat the one, and drink the other, by weight; or they shall do this till there shall be none to eat and drink: and be astonished one with another;
when they shall find they cannot relieve one another; and not knowing what method to take for the support of nature: and consume away for their iniquity;
their flesh upon them black through famine, putrid and noisome; and they wasting, pining, and consuming; reduced to skin and bones; and disagreeable to look upon; and all because of their sins and iniquities.

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FOOTNOTES:

F12 (Neml) "eo quod", Munster, Vatablus; "propterea", Tigurine version.

Ezekiel 4:17 In-Context

15 Then he said to me, “See, I assign to you cow’s dung instead of human dung, on which you may prepare your bread. ”

16 Moreover, he said to me, “Son of man, behold, I will break the supply of bread in Jerusalem. They shall eat bread by weight and with anxiety, and they shall drink water by measure and in dismay.

17 I will do this that they may lack bread and water, and look at one another in dismay, and rot away because of their punishment.

Cross References

• 1. 4:17 See ch. 3:15
• 2. 4:17 ch. 24:23; 33:10; Lev. 26:39