Ezequiel 4:16

16 Y me dijo: Hijo de hombre, he aquí que yo quebranto el sostén del pan en Jerusalén, y comerán el pan por peso, y con angustia; y beberán el agua por medida, y con espanto

Ezequiel 4:16 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 4:16

Moreover he said unto me, son of man
What follows opens the design, and shows what was intended by the symbol of the miscellany bread, baked with cow dung, the prophet was to eat by measure, as, well as drink water by measure: namely, the sore famine that should be in Jerusalem at the time of the siege: behold, I will break the staff of bread in Jerusalem:
that is, take away bread, which is the staff of life, the support of it, and which strengthens man's heart; and also the nourishing virtue and efficacy from what they had. The sense is, that the Lord would both deprive them of a sufficiency of bread, the nourishment of man; and not suffer the little they had to be nourishing to them; what they ate would not satisfy them, nor do them much good; see ( Leviticus 26:26 ) ( Isaiah 3:1 ) ; and they shall eat bread by weight, and with care;
that they might not eat too much at a time, but have something for tomorrow; and to cause their little stock to last the longer, not knowing how long the siege would be: and they shall drink water by measure, and with astonishment;
that such a judgment should fall upon them, who thought themselves the people of God, and the favourites of heaven.

Ezequiel 4:16 In-Context

14 Y dije: ¡Ah Señor DIOS! He aquí que mi alma no es inmunda, ni nunca desde mi juventud hasta este tiempo comí cosa mortecina ni despedazada, ni nunca en mi boca entró carne inmunda

15 Y me respondió: He aquí te doy estiércoles de bueyes en lugar de los estiércoles de hombre, y dispondrás tu pan con ellos

16 Y me dijo: Hijo de hombre, he aquí que yo quebranto el sostén del pan en Jerusalén, y comerán el pan por peso, y con angustia; y beberán el agua por medida, y con espanto

17 Porque les faltará el pan y el agua, y se espantarán los unos con los otros, y se desmayarán por su iniquidad