Ezekiel 4:17

17 so that they will lack food and water, and they will be appalled {with one another}, and they will waste away because of their guilt.

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 And he said to me, "See I will give you {cattle manure} in the place of the feces of a human, and you may prepare your food on it."

16 And he said to me, "Son of man, look, I [am] going to break the {supply} of bread in Jerusalem, and they will eat bread by weight, {anxiously}, and {rationed water}, and they will drink with horror,

17 so that they will lack food and water, and they will be appalled {with one another}, and they will waste away because of their guilt.

Footnotes

• [a]. Literally "a man and his brother"
• [b]. Or "punishment"