Ezekiel 12:18

Ezekiel 12:18 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Son of man, eat thy bread with quaking, and drink thy water with trembling and with carefulness;
• New International Version (NIV)“Son of man, tremble as you eat your food, and shudder in fear as you drink your water.
• English Standard Version (ESV)"Son of man, eat your bread with quaking, and drink water with trembling and with anxiety.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“Son of man, eat your bread with quaking, and drink your water with trembling and anxiety.

Context of Ezekiel 12:18

16But I will save a few of them. War, famine and disease will not kill all of them. When they live among those other nations, they will realize that they have done many disgusting things. And they will know that I am the Lord.’ 17The Lord gave this message to me: ‘Son of man, shake with fear while you eat your food or you drink your water. 19Then say to the people of Israel, “This is what the Almighty Lord says about the people who live in Jerusalem and in all the land of Israel: They will be afraid while they eat their food. They will shake with fear when they drink their water. An enemy will destroy their land so that nothing remains in it. This will happen because all the people who live there have done violent things. 20The towns where people live will become heaps of stones. An enemy will destroy the whole land. Then you will know that I am the Lord.” ’

Ezekiel 12:18 word by word

בֶּן־אָדָ֕ם לַחְמְךָ֖ בְּרַ֣עַשׁ תֹּאכֵ֑ל וּמֵימֶ֕יךָ בְּרָגְזָ֥ה וּבִדְאָגָ֖ה תִּשְׁתֶּֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Sonבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• of manאָדָם'âdâm · manH120
• eatאָכַל'âkal · to eatH398
• thy breadלֶ֫חֶםlechem · food: breadH3899
• with quakingרַ֫עַשׁra‛ash · quakingH7494
• and drinkשָׁתָהshâthâh · to drinkH8354
• thy waterמַיmayim · waterH4325
• with tremblingרׇגְזָהrogzâh · quiveringH7269
• and with carefulnessדְּאָגָהde'âgâh · anxietyH1674

Cross-references for Ezekiel 12:18

• Ezekiel 4:16Then God said to me, ‘Son of man, I will soon take away the bread in Jerusalem. The people will have to measure the food that they eat. And they will have to measure the water that they drink. They will worry and be afraid.
• Ezekiel 23:33You will suffer very much. You will be drunk and very sad. The cup of your punishment will destroy you. Like your sister Samaria, nothing will remain in you.
• Leviticus 26:26The people will not have any food. A woman will bake one loaf for ten families. They will weigh it to give one part to each family. When a person eats his piece of bread, he will still be hungry.
• Deuteronomy 28:48So you will serve your enemies that the Lord will send to attack you. You will be hungry and thirsty. You will be so poor that you do not even have clothes to wear. Your enemies will make you work so hard that they will destroy you.
• Job 3:24I am crying instead of eating. My tears pour out like a river of water.
• Psalms 60:2You made the ground shake and you tore it open. Now mend the holes, or everything will fall down.
• Psalms 80:5You have caused us to eat tears as our food. Buckets full of tears is what we drink.
• Psalms 102:4I am very weak and upset, like dry grass that will soon die. I even forget to eat my food.

Commentaries on Ezekiel 12:18

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 18Eat thy bread with quaking - Assume the manner of a person who is every moment afraid of his life, who has nothing but a morsel of bread to eat, and a little water to drink. Thus signifying the siege, and the straits to which they should be reduced. See this explained, Ezekiel 12:19; (note).Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 18Here the sign is the exhibition of such terror as the danger of a siege creates.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 17-20Verses 17-20 The prophet must eat and drink in care and fear, with trembling, that he might express the condition of those in Jerusalem during the siege. When ministers speak of the ruin coming upon sinners, they must speak as those that know the terrors of the Lord. Afflictions are happy ones, however grievous to flesh and blood, that improve us in the knowledge of God.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 17-20Ezekiel trembled and shook while he ate and drank. This was a sign act, a symbolic action that showed God’s message. His shaking showed the fear and anxiety of the people living in Jerusalem and Judah. They would see that destruction was coming and that they could not escape it. Later, the exiles would hear that their homeland had been destroyed. Then they would understand something important. They were not rejected by God. Instead, they were the ones who…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1818. Symbolical representation of the famine and fear with which they should eat their scanty morsel, in their exile, and especially at the siege.Read the comment

Topics related to Ezekiel 12:18

• Instruction
• Pantomime
• Symbols and Similitudes

In the dictionaries

• Son of man
• Carefulness
• Care; Carefulness; Careful
• Ezekiel
• Zedekiah (2)

Commentaries on Ezekiel 12

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings