Ezekiel 4:17
That they may want bread and water, and be astonied one with another, and consume away for their iniquity.
Ezekiel 4:17 in other translations
| BSB | So they will lack food and water; they will be appalled at the sight of one another wasting away in their iniquity. |
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| WEB | that they may lack bread and water, be dismayed one with another, and pine away in their iniquity. |
| ASV | that they may want bread and water, and be dismayed one with another, and pine away in their iniquity. |
| YLT | so that they lack bread and water, and have been astonished one with another, and been consumed in their iniquity. |
| DARBY | because bread and water shall fail them, and they shall be astonied one with another, and waste away in their iniquity. |
| BBE | So that they may be in need of bread and water and be wondering at one another, wasting away in their sin. |
| Webster | That they may want bread and water, and be astonished one with another, and consume away for their iniquity. |
What does Ezekiel 4:17 mean?
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Ezekiel 4:9-17
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…
Ezekiel 4:17 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Ezekiel 4:17
- Leviticus 26:39
And they that are left of you shall pine away in their iniquity in your enemies’ lands; and also in the iniquities of their fathers shall they pine away with them.
- Ezekiel 24:23
And your tires shall be upon your heads, and your shoes upon your feet: ye shall not mourn nor weep; but ye shall pine away for your iniquities, and mourn one toward another.
- Ezekiel 33:10
Therefore, O thou son of man, speak unto the house of Israel; Thus ye speak, saying, If our transgressions and our sins be upon us, and we pine away in them, how should we then live?
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Context
- 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:
- Ezekiel 4:17
That they may want bread and water, and be astonied one with another, and consume away for their iniquity.
Ezekiel 4:17 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Porque les faltará el pan y el agua, y se espantarán los unos con los otros, y se consumirán por su maldad. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | parce que le pain et l’eau manqueront; et ils seront dans la stupeur, les uns et les autres, et ils se consumeront dans leur iniquité. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | weil Brot und Wasser mangeln werden, und sie miteinander verschmachten und in ihrer Ungerechtigkeit hinschwinden werden. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | ut deficientibus pane et aqua, corruat unusquisque ad fratrem suum, et contabescant in iniquitatibus suis. |