Ezekiel 12:18

18 Mortal, eat your bread with quaking, and drink your water with trembling and with fearfulness;

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 ) .

Ezekiel 12:18 In-Context

16 But I will let a few of them escape from the sword, from famine and pestilence, so that they may tell of all their abominations among the nations where they go; then they shall know that I am the Lord.

17 The word of the Lord came to me:

18 Mortal, eat your bread with quaking, and drink your water with trembling and with fearfulness;

19 and say to the people of the land, Thus says the Lord God concerning the inhabitants of Jerusalem in the land of Israel: They shall eat their bread with fearfulness, and drink their water in dismay, because their land shall be stripped of all it contains, on account of the violence of all those who live in it.

20 The inhabited cities shall be laid waste, and the land shall become a desolation; and you shall know that I am the Lord.