Ezekiel 5:16

Ezekiel 5:16 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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:
• New International Version (NIV)When I shoot at you with my deadly and destructive arrows of famine, I will shoot to destroy you. I will bring more and more famine upon you and cut off your supply of food.
• English Standard Version (ESV)when I send against you the deadly arrows of famine, arrows for destruction, which I will send to destroy you, and when I bring more and more famine upon you and break your supply of bread.
• New King James Version (NKJV)When I send against them the terrible arrows of famine which shall be for destruction, which I will send to destroy you, I will increase the famine upon you and cut off your supply of bread.

Context of Ezekiel 5:16

14I will cause your city to become a heap of stones. People of the other nations around you will laugh at you when they see what has happened to you. 15They will all laugh at you and insult you. They will see that I was very angry with you and I punished you. Then they will be afraid of my great anger. I, the Lord, say this! I will take away your bread so that famine kills more and more of you. It will seem that I am shooting arrows at you to destroy you. 17Famine or wild animals will kill you. Your children will no longer live. Illness and war will destroy you. I will send soldiers to attack you. I, the Lord, say this!’

Ezekiel 5:16 word by word

בְּֽשַׁלְּחִ֡י אֶת־חִצֵּי֩ הָרָעָ֨ב הָרָעִ֤ים בָּהֶם֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר הָי֣וּ לְמַשְׁחִ֔ית אֲשֶׁר־אֲשַׁלַּ֥ח אוֹתָ֖ם לְשַֽׁחֶתְכֶ֑ם וְרָעָב֙ אֹסֵ֣ף עֲלֵיכֶ֔ם וְשָׁבַרְתִּ֥י לָכֶ֖ם מַטֵּה־לָֽחֶם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• When I shall sendשָׁלַחshâlach · to send: departH7971
• upon them the evilרַעra‛ râ‛âh · bad: harmfulH7451
• arrowsחֵץchêts · arrowH2671
• of famineרָעָבrâ‛âb · famineH7458
• destructionמַשְׁחִיתmashchîyth · destructionH4889
• to destroyשָׁחַתshâchath · to ruinH7843
• you: and I will increaseיָסַףyâsaph · to addH3254
• upon you, and will breakשָׁבַרshâbar · to breakH7665
• your staffמַטֶּהmaţţeh maţţâh · tribe: supplyH4294
• of breadלֶ֫חֶםlechem · food: breadH3899

Cross-references for Ezekiel 5:16

• Deuteronomy 32:23I will cause them to have many kinds of trouble. I will attack them like a soldier who shoots all his arrows.
• Psalms 7:13He will prepare his dangerous weapons. He is ready to shoot his arrows that burn with fire.
• Psalms 91:5Do not be afraid of troubles that come in the night, or of your enemy's arrows during the day.
• Lamentations 3:12God is like a soldier with a bow and arrows. He used his bow to shoot at me.
• 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 14:13‘Son of man, the people of a whole nation may choose not to obey me. Then I would punish them because of their sins. I might stop the people getting any food to eat. Then there would be a famine that kills both people and animals.
• 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.
• 2 Kings 6:25As a result, there was a famine in the city. The Syrian army were all around the city for a long time. Food in the city was very expensive. A donkey's head cost 80 pieces of silver. A small cup of dove's dung cost five pieces of silver.
• Isaiah 3:1Listen to this! I will show you what the Lord, the Almighty Lord, will do. He will remove from Jerusalem and Judah everything that people trust to help them. He will take away even their food and their water.

Commentaries on Ezekiel 5:16

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 16The evil arrows of famine - Famine and pestilence are represented as poisoned arrows, inflicting death wherever they wound. The ancients represented them in the same way.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 5-17Verses 5-17 The sentence passed upon Jerusalem is very dreadful, the manner of expression makes it still more so. Who is able to stand in God's sight when he is angry? Those who live and die impenitent, will perish for ever unpitied; there is a day coming when the Lord will not spare. Let not persons or churches, who change the Lord's statutes, expect to escape the doom of Jerusalem. Let us endeavour to adorn the doctrine of God our Saviour in all things…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-17These chapters discuss words and actions that warned of disaster for Jerusalem (Ezekiel 4–5) and the land of Judah (Ezekiel 6–7).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1616. arrows of famine--hail, rain, mice, locusts, mildew (see De 32:23, 24). increase the famine--literally, "congregate" or "collect." When ye think your harvest safe because ye have escaped drought, mildew, &c., I will find other means [Calvin], which I will congregate as the forces of an invading army, to bring famine on you.Read the comment

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Commentaries on Ezekiel 5

• 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
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings