English Standard Version
Ezekiel 4:17
17I will do this that they may lack bread and water, and look at one another in dismay, and rot away because of their punishment.
Ezekiel 4:17 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)That they may want bread and water, and be astonied one with another, and consume away for their iniquity.
- New International Version (NIV)for food and water will be scarce. They will be appalled at the sight of each other and will waste away because of their sin.
- New King James Version (NKJV)that they may lack bread and water, and be dismayed with one another, and waste away because of their iniquity.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Lacking food and water, people will look at one another in terror, and they will waste away under their punishment.
Context of Ezekiel 4:17
15Then he said to me, "See, I assign to you cow's dung instead of human dung, on which you may prepare your bread." 16Moreover, he said to me, "Son of man, behold, I will break the supply of bread in Jerusalem. They shall eat bread by weight and with anxiety, and they shall drink water by measure and in dismay. I will do this that they may lack bread and water, and look at one another in dismay, and rot away because of their punishment.
Read all of Ezekiel 4Ezekiel 4:17 word by word
לְמַ֥עַן יַחְסְר֖וּ לֶ֣חֶם וָמָ֑יִם וְנָשַׁ֙מּוּ֙ אִ֣ישׁ וְאָחִ֔יו וְנָמַ֖קּוּ בַּעֲוֹנָֽם׃ פRead the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- That they may wantחָסֵרchâsêr · to lackH2637
- breadלֶ֫חֶםlechem · food: breadH3899
- and waterמַיmayim · waterH4325
- and be astoniedשָׁמֵםshâmêm · be desolate: appalledH8074
- oneאִישׁ'îysh · man: anyoneH376
- with anotherאָח'âch · brother: compatriotH251
- and consume awayמָקַקmâqaq · to rotH4743
- for their iniquityעָוֺן‛âvôn ‛âvôn · iniquity: punishmentH5771
Cross-references for Ezekiel 4:17
- Ezekiel 24:23Your turbans shall be on your heads and your shoes on your feet; you shall not mourn or weep, but you shall rot away in your iniquities and groan to one another.
- Leviticus 26:39And those of you who are left shall rot away in your enemies' lands because of their iniquity, and also because of the iniquities of their fathers they shall rot away like them.
Commentaries on Ezekiel 4:17
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 9-17Verses 9-17 The bread which was Ezekiel's support, was to be made of coarse grain and pulse mixed together, seldom used except in times of urgent scarcity, and of this he was only to take a small quantity. Thus was figured the extremity to which the Jews were to be reduced during the siege and captivity. Ezekiel does not plead, Lord, from my youth I have been brought up delicately, and never used to any thing like this; but that he had been brought up…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9-17The near-starvation diet of eight ounces of food and a jar of water each day represents siege rations. This reflects a desperate situation where there was not enough of any one type of grain to make a whole loaf.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1717. astonied one with another--mutually regard one another with astonishment: the stupefied look of despairing want.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Ezekiel 4
- 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
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