Ezekiel 4:16
Moreover 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:
Context
This verse from Ezekiel Chapter 4 connects to 10 cross-references. Three sign acts: Ezekiel draws Jerusalem on a brick and builds siege works against it. He lies on his left side 390 days for Israel's iniquity and right side 40 days for Judah's. He cooks food baked over human dung …
Other Translations
Moreover 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 fearfulness; and they shall drink water by measure, and in dismay:
And He saith unto me, `Son of man, lo, I am breaking the staff of bread in Jerusalem, and they have eaten bread by weight and with fear; and water by measure and with astonishment, they do drink;
And he said to me, Son of man, see, I will take away from Jerusalem her necessary bread: they will take their bread by weight and with care, measuring out their drinking-water with fear and wonder:
Cross References
And when I have broken the staff of your bread, ten women shall bake your bread in one oven, and …
Thou hast shewed thy people hard things: thou hast made us to drink the wine of astonishment.
Moreover he called for a famine upon the land: he brake the whole staff of bread.
For, behold, the Lord, the Lord of hosts, doth take away from Jerusalem and from Judah the stay and the …
All her people sigh, they seek bread; they have given their pleasant things for meat to relieve the soul: see, …
They that be slain with the sword are better than they that be slain with hunger: for these pine away, …
The hands of the pitiful women have sodden their own children: they were their meat in the destruction of the …
We gat our bread with the peril of our lives because of the sword of the wilderness.
And thy meat which thou shalt eat shall be by weight, twenty shekels a day: from time to time shalt …
Thou shalt drink also water by measure, the sixth part of an hin: from time to time shalt thou drink.