Yechezkel 12:17

17 Moreover the Devar Hashem came to me, saying,

Yechezkel 12:17 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 12:17

Moreover the word of the Lord came to me, saying.
] Here follows another sign of the desolation of the Jews, which the prophet was unto them; as the former signified their going into captivity, this their famine and distress at the siege of Jerusalem, and the dreadful calamities attending and following that.

Yechezkel 12:17 In-Context

15 And they shall know that I am Hashem, when I shall scatter them among the Goyim, and disperse them throughout the countries.

16 But I will leave a few anashim of them from the cherev, from the ra’av (famine), and from the dever; that they may declare all their to’avot among the Goyim to where they come; and they shall know that I am Hashem.

17 Moreover the Devar Hashem came to me, saying,

18 Ben adam, eat thy lechem with fearful shaking, and drink thy mayim with trembling and with anxiety;

19 And say unto the am ha’aretz: Thus saith Adonoi Hashem regarding the inhabitants of Yerushalayim, and of Admat Yisroel (Land of Israel); they shall eat their lechem with anxiety, and, as desolate, drink their mayim, because her land shall be desolate from all that is therein, because of the chamas of all them that dwell therein.