Ezekiel 4:17
Verse 17 of 17. The 4th of 48 chapters in Ezekiel, in The Major Prophets.
13And the Lord said, Even thus shall the children of Israel eat their defiled bread among the Gentiles, whither I will drive them.
14Then said I, Ah Lord God! behold, my soul hath not been polluted: for from my youth up even till now have I not eaten of that which dieth of itself, or is torn in pieces; neither came there abominable flesh into my mouth.
15Then he said unto me, Lo, I have given thee cow’s dung for man’s dung, and thou shalt prepare thy bread therewith.
16Moreover 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:
17That they may want bread and water, and be astonied one with another, and consume away for their iniquity.
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Ezekiel 4:17 in the World English Bible
that they may lack bread and water, be dismayed one with another, and pine away in their iniquity.Read Ezekiel 4:17 in the WEB
Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 4:17
The best exposition of this part of Ezekiel's prediction of Jerusalem's desolation is Jeremiah's lamentation of it, Lam. iv. 3, 4, &c., and v. 10, where he pathetically describes the terrible famine that was in Jerusalem during the siege and the sad effects of it.
Read Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 4:9–17: The Representation of a Famine. (b. c. 595.)
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