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Ezekiel 4:16

Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, behold, I will break the staff of bread in Jerusalem: and they shall eat bread by weight, and with care; and they shall drink water by measure, and with astonishment:

KJV

Et dixit ad me : Fili hominis, ecce ego conteram baculum panis in Jerusalem, et comedent panem in pondere et in sollicitudine, et aquam in mensura et in angustia bibent,

Vulgate

καὶ εἶπεν πρὸς μέ Υἱὲ ἀνθρώπου, ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ συντρίβω στήριγμα ἄρτου ἐν Ἰερουσαλήμ, καὶ φάγονται ἄρτον ἐν σταθμῷ καὶ ἐν ἐνδείᾳ, καὶ ὕδωρ ἐν μέτρῳ καὶ ἐν ἀφανισμῷ πίονται,

LXX

Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, behold, I will break the staff of bread in Jerusalem: and they shall eat bread by weight, and with fearfulness; and they shall drink water by measure, and in dismay:

ASV

וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר אֵלַ֗/י בֶּן אָדָם֙ הִנְ/נִ֨י שֹׁבֵ֤ר מַטֵּה לֶ֨חֶם֙ בִּ/יר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם וְ/אָכְלוּ לֶ֥חֶם בְּ/מִשְׁקָ֖ל וּ/בִ/דְאָגָ֑ה וּ/מַ֕יִם בִּ/מְשׂוּרָ֥ה וּ/בְ/שִׁמָּמ֖וֹן יִשְׁתּֽוּ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

16 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
אָדָ֖ם
'dm
noun · 545×
בֶּן
bn
noun · 4909×
דְאָגָ֑ה
d'gh
noun · 6×
הּ֒
h
noun · 49×
יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם
yrvshlm
proper_noun · 634×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
לֶ֣חֶם
lchm
noun · 297×
ם
m
verb · 811×
מְשׂוּרָ֥ה
mshvrh
noun · 4×
מַ֖יִם
mym
noun · 580×
מַטֵּ֣ה
mth
noun · 235×
נִ֨י
ny
pronoun · 313×
נִשְׁבְּר֥וּ
nshbrv
verb · 149×
שְׁתּ֖וֹת
shtvt
verb · 216×
שִׁמָּמ֖וֹן
shmmvn
noun · 2×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Deut 28:48 — Therefore shalt thou serve thine enemies which the LORD shall send against thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in want of all things: and he shall put a yoke of iron upon thy neck, u
  • Ezek 4:9 — Take thou also unto thee wheat, and barley, and beans, and lentiles, and millet, and fitches, and put them in one vessel, and make thee bread thereof, according to the number of the days that thou sha
  • Ezek 4:10 — And thy meat which thou shalt eat shall be by weight, twenty shekels a day: from time to time shalt thou eat it.
  • Ezek 5:16 — When I shall send upon them the evil arrows of famine, which shall be for their destruction, and which I will send to destroy you: and I will increase the famine upon you, and will break your staff of
  • Ezek 5:16 — When I shall send upon them the evil arrows of famine, which shall be for their destruction, and which I will send to destroy you: and I will increase the famine upon you, and will break your staff of
  • Ezek 12:18 — Son of man, eat thy bread with quaking, and drink thy water with trembling and with carefulness;
  • Ezek 14:13 — Son of man, when the land sinneth against me by trespassing grievously, then will I stretch out mine hand upon it, and will break the staff of the bread thereof, and will send famine upon it, and will
  • Ezek 14:13 — Son of man, when the land sinneth against me by trespassing grievously, then will I stretch out mine hand upon it, and will break the staff of the bread thereof, and will send famine upon it, and will
  • Hag 1:6 — Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink; ye clothe you, but there is none warm; and he that earneth wages earneth wages to pu
  • Isa 3:1 — For, behold, the Lord, the LORD of hosts, doth take away from Jerusalem and from Judah the stay and the staff, the whole stay of bread, and the whole stay of water.
  • Isa 3:1 — For, behold, the Lord, the LORD of hosts, doth take away from Jerusalem and from Judah the stay and the staff, the whole stay of bread, and the whole stay of water.
  • Isa 36:12 — But Rabshakeh said, Hath my master sent me to thy master and to thee to speak these words? hath he not sent me to the men that sit upon the wall, that they may eat their own dung, and drink their own
  • Job 21:25 — And another dieth in the bitterness of his soul, and never eateth with pleasure.
  • Lam 5:9 — We gat our bread with the peril of our lives because of the sword of the wilderness.
  • Lev 26:26 — And when I have broken the staff of your bread, ten women shall bake your bread in one oven, and they shall deliver you your bread again by weight: and ye shall eat, and not be satisfied.
  • Lev 26:26 — And when I have broken the staff of your bread, ten women shall bake your bread in one oven, and they shall deliver you your bread again by weight: and ye shall eat, and not be satisfied.
  • Mic 6:14 — Thou shalt eat, but not be satisfied; and thy casting down shall be in the midst of thee; and thou shalt take hold, but shalt not deliver; and that which thou deliverest will I give up to the sword.
  • Ps 80:5 — Thou feedest them with the bread of tears; and givest them tears to drink in great measure.
  • Ps 104:15 — And wine that maketh glad the heart of man, and oil to make his face to shine, and bread which strengtheneth man’s heart.
  • Ps 105:16 — Moreover he called for a famine upon the land: he brake the whole staff of bread.
  • Ps 105:16 — Moreover he called for a famine upon the land: he brake the whole staff of bread.
  • Rev 6:5 — And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say, Come and see. And I beheld, and lo a black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand.