On the ninth day of the fourth month the famine was so severe in the city that there was no food for the people of the land.
Ezekiel 4:16 - Revised Standard Version Moreover he said to me, “Son of man, behold, I will break the staff of bread in Jerusalem; they shall eat bread by weight and with fearfulness; and they shall drink water by measure and in dismay. Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Moreover, He said to me, Son of man, behold, I will break the staff of bread [by which life is supported] in Jerusalem; and they shall eat bread rationed by weight and with fearfulness, and they shall drink water rationed by measure and with dismay (silent, speechless grief caused by the impending starvation), [Lev. 26:26; Ps. 105:16; Isa. 3:1.] American Standard Version (1901) 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: Common English Bible Then he said to me: Human one, I’m destroying the food supply in Jerusalem. They will anxiously ration and eat their food, and in dismay they will dole out and drink their water. Catholic Public Domain Version And he said to me: "Son of man, behold: I will crush the staff of bread in Jerusalem. And they will eat bread by weight and with anxiety. And they will drink water by measure and with anguish. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And he said to me: Son of man: Behold, I will break in pieces the staff of bread in Jerusalem. And they shall eat bread by weight and with care: and they shall drink water by measure and in distress. |
On the ninth day of the fourth month the famine was so severe in the city that there was no food for the people of the land.
And there was a great famine in Samaria, as they besieged it, until an ass's head was sold for eighty shekels of silver, and the fourth part of a kab of dove's dung for five shekels of silver.
When he summoned a famine on the land, and broke every staff of bread,
Thou hast made thy people suffer hard things; thou hast given us wine to drink that made us reel.
For, behold, the Lord, the Lord of hosts, is taking away from Jerusalem and from Judah stay and staff, the whole stay of bread, and the whole stay of water;
On the ninth day of the fourth month the famine was so severe in the city, that there was no food for the people of the land.
All her people groan as they search for bread; they trade their treasures for food to revive their strength. “Look, O Lord, and behold, for I am despised.”
We must pay for the water we drink, the wood we get must be bought.
We get our bread at the peril of our lives, because of the sword in the wilderness.
“Son of man, when a land sins against me by acting faithlessly, and I stretch out my hand against it, and break its staff of bread and send famine upon it, and cut off from it man and beast,
Then he said to me, “See, I will let you have cow's dung instead of human dung, on which you may prepare your bread.”
when I loose against you my deadly arrows of famine, arrows for destruction, which I will loose to destroy you, and when I bring more and more famine upon you, and break your staff of bread.
When I break your staff of bread, ten women shall bake your bread in one oven, and shall deliver your bread again by weight; and you shall eat, and not be satisfied.
so two or three cities wandered to one city to drink water, and were not satisfied; yet you did not return to me,” says the Lord.
When he opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature say, “Come!” And I saw, and behold, a black horse, and its rider had a balance in his hand;