Ezekiel 4:16 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

¹⁶ He said to me, ‘Son of man, I am going to cut off the supply of bread in Jerusalem.  They will anxiously eat food they have weighed out and in dread drink rationed water

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ 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)

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 fearfulness; and they shall drink water by measure, and in dismay:

Common English Bible

¹⁶ 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

¹⁶ 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.

Ezekiel 4:16 Tagairtí Cros

2 Kings 25:3

By the ninth day of the fourth month the famine was so severe in the city that the common people had no food.

2 Kings 6:25

So there was a severe famine  in Samaria, and they continued the siege against it until a donkey’s head sold for 880 grams  of silver, and a cup  of dove’s dung  sold for 55 grams  of silver.

Isaiah 3:1

Note this: The Lord God of Armies is about to remove from Jerusalem and from Judah every kind of security: the entire supply of bread and water,

Jeremiah 52:6

By the ninth day of the fourth month the famine was so severe in the city that the common people had no food.

Lamentations 1:11

All her people groan while they search for bread. They have traded their precious belongings for food in order to stay alive. Lord, look and see how I have become despised.

Lamentations 5:4

We must pay for the water we drink; our wood comes at a price.

Lamentations 5:9

We secure our food at the risk of our lives because of the sword in the wilderness.

Ezekiel 14:13

‘Son of man, suppose a land sins against me by acting faithlessly, and I stretch out my hand against it to cut off its supply of bread,  to send famine through it, and to wipe out both people and animals from it.

Ezekiel 4:15

He replied to me, ‘Look, I will let you use cow dung instead of human excrement, and you can make your bread over that.’

Ezekiel 5:16

When I shoot deadly arrows of famine at them, arrows for destruction that I will send to destroy you, inhabitants of Jerusalem, I will intensify the famine against you and cut off your supply of bread.

Leviticus 26:26

When I cut off your supply of bread, ten women will bake your bread in a single oven and ration out your bread by weight, so that you will eat but not be satisfied.

Amos 4:8

Two or three cities staggered to another city to drink water but were not satisfied, yet you did not return  to me. This is the  Lord’s declaration.

Revelation 6:5

When he opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature say, ‘Come! ’ And I looked, and there was a black horse.  Its rider held a set of scales in his hand.