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 leave a few men of them from the sword, from the famine, and from the pestilence; that they may declare all their abominations among the heathen whither they come; and they shall know that I am Yhwh. 17Moreover the word of Yhwh came to me, saying, Son of man, eat thy bread with quaking, and drink thy water with trembling and with carefulness; 19And say unto the people of the land, Thus saith the Lord Yhwh of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and of the land of Israel; They shall eat their bread with carefulness, and drink their water with astonishment, that her land may be desolate from all that is therein, because of the violence of all them that dwell therein. 20And the cities that are inhabited shall be laid waste, and the land shall be desolate; and ye shall know that I am Yhwh.

Ezekiel 12:18 word by word

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

• 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 4:16Moreover 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:
• Ezekiel 23:33Thou shalt be filled with drunkenness and sorrow, with the cup of astonishment and desolation, with the cup of thy sister Samaria.
• Leviticus 26:26And when I have broken the staff of your bread, ten women shall bake your bread in one oven, and they shall deliver you your bread again by weight: and ye shall eat, and not be satisfied.
• Deuteronomy 28:48Therefore shalt thou serve thine enemies which Yhwh shall send against thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in want of all things: and he shall put a yoke of iron upon thy neck, until he have destroyed thee.
• Job 3:24For my sighing cometh before I eat, and my roarings are poured out like the waters.
• Psalms 60:2Thou hast made the earth to tremble; thou hast broken it: heal the breaches thereof; for it shaketh.
• Psalms 80:5Thou feedest them with the bread of tears; and givest them tears to drink in great measure.
• Psalms 102:4My heart is smitten, and withered like grass; so that I forget to eat my bread.

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
• 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