Ezekiel 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 bread:
KJV
Ego Dominus locutus sum : quando misero sagittas famis pessimas in eos, quæ erunt mortiferæ, et quas mittam ut disperdam vos : et famem congregabo super vos, et conteram in vobis baculum panis :
Vulgate
καὶ ἐν τῷ ἐξαποστεῖλαί με τὰς βολίδας μου τοῦ λιμοῦ ἐπ’ αὐτούς, καὶ ἔσονται εἰς ἔκλειψιν, καὶ συντρίψω στήριγμα ἄρτου σου.
LXX
when I shall send upon them the evil arrows of famine, that are for destruction, which I will send to destroy you. And I will increase the famine upon you, and will break your staff of bread;
ASV
בְּֽ/שַׁלְּחִ֡/י אֶת חִצֵּי֩ הָ/רָעָ֨ב הָ/רָעִ֤ים בָּ/הֶם֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר הָי֣וּ לְ/מַשְׁחִ֔ית אֲשֶׁר אֲשַׁלַּ֥ח אוֹתָ֖/ם לְ/שַֽׁחֶתְ/כֶ֑ם וְ/רָעָב֙ אֹסֵ֣ף עֲלֵי/כֶ֔ם וְ/שָׁבַרְתִּ֥י לָ/כֶ֖ם מַטֵּה לָֽחֶם
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
14 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Deut 32:23 — I will heap mischiefs upon them; I will spend mine arrows upon them.
- Deut 32:23 — I will heap mischiefs upon them; I will spend mine arrows upon them.
- Ezek 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 astonishm
- Ezek 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 astonishm
- 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
- Lam 2:19 — Arise, cry out in the night: in the beginning of the watches pour out thine heart like water before the face of the LORD: lift up thy hands toward him for the life of thy young children, that faint fo
- 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.