Ezekiel 5:16

Easy To Read Version

Then God said to me, “Son of man, {\cf2\super [41]} I am destroying Jerusalem’s supply of bread. People will have only a little bread to eat. They will be very worried \{about their food supply\}. And they will have only a little water to drink. They will be very scared when they drink that water.

Cross References

2 Kings 6:25

{The soldiers would not let people bring food into the city.} So there was a time of terrible hunger in Samaria. It was so bad in Samaria that a donkey’s head was sold for 80 pieces of silver. And one pint [70] of dove’s dung sold for five pieces of silver.

Psalm 7:13

God is prepared to punish bad people. {\cf2\super [38]} \par

Isaiah 3:1

Understand these things I am telling you. The Master, the Lord All-Powerful, will take away all the things Judah and Jerusalem depend on. God will take away all the food and all the water.

Jeremiah 52:6

By the ninth day of the fourth month of that year, the hunger in the city was very bad. There was no food left for the people in the city to eat.

Lamentations 3:12

He made his bow ready.\par He made me the target for his arrows.\par

Ezekiel 14:13

“Son of man, {\cf2\super [113]} I will punish any nation that leaves me and sins against me. I will stop their food supply. I might cause a time of hunger and remove the people and animals from that country.

Ezekiel 5:17

Why? Because there won’t be enough food and water for the people. People will be terrified of each other—they will see each other wasting away because of their sins.

Leviticus 26:26

I will give you a share of the grain {left in that city}. {But there will be very little food to eat.} Ten women will be able to cook all their bread in one oven. They will measure each piece of bread. You will eat, but you will still be hungry!