New King James Version
Ezekiel 4:17
17that they may lack bread and water, and be dismayed with one another, and waste away because of their iniquity.
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.
- English Standard Version (ESV)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.
- 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 am giving you cow dung instead of human waste, and you shall prepare your bread over it.” 16Moreover He said to me, “Son of man, surely I will cut off the supply of bread in Jerusalem; they shall eat bread by weight and with anxiety, and shall drink water by measure and with dread, that they may lack bread and water, and be dismayed with one another, and waste away because of their iniquity.
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 sandals on your feet; you shall neither mourn nor weep, but you shall pine away in your iniquities and mourn with one another.
- Leviticus 26:39And those of you who are left shall waste away in their iniquity in your enemies’ lands; also in their fathers’ iniquities, which are with them, they shall waste away.
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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