Translations
Modern
So they will lack food and water; they will be appalled at the sight of one another wasting away in their iniquity.
Traditional
That they may want bread and water, and be astonied one with another, and consume away for their iniquity.
Literal
…so that they lack bread and water, and they be dismayed, a man and his brother, and waste away in their iniquity!
Latin
…ut deficientibus pane et aqua, corruat unusquisque ad fratrem suum, et contabescant in iniquitatibus suis.
Original
Hebrew
English
So they will lack food and water; they will be appalled at the sight of one another wasting away in their iniquity.
Notes
The 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.
These chapters discuss words and actions that warned of disaster for Jerusalem (Ezekiel 4–5) and the land of Judah (Ezekiel 6–7).
Theme notes and profiles
Events
- Prophecies of Ezekielc. 593 BC
Glossary
Topics
Famine: Caused: Wasting of the Body Famine: Sent As a Judgment Instruction by Object Lessons: Eating Bread Mixed with Dung Symbols and Similitudes: Ceremonially Unclean Food