Yechezkel 4:17

17 In order that lechem and mayim be scarce, and that every ish and achiv be confounded with shock and rot away because of their avon.

Yechezkel 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.

Yechezkel 4:17 In-Context

15 Then He said unto me, Behold, I have given thee cattle dung instead of dung of adam, and thou shalt prepare thy lechem therewith.

16 Moreover He said unto me, Ben Adam, hinei, I will break the mateh lechem (staff of bread, food supply) in Yerushalayim: and they shall eat lechem weighted out in rations, and with worry; and they shall drink mayim by measure, and with amazed alarm:

17 In order that lechem and mayim be scarce, and that every ish and achiv be confounded with shock and rot away because of their avon.