Ezekiel 19:14

19:14 A fire has gone out from its branch; it has consumed its shoot and its fruit. ¹ 

No strong branch was left in it, nor a scepter to rule.’

This is a lament song, and has become a lament song.”

Ezekiel 7:10

7:10 “Look, the day! Look, it is coming! Doom has gone out! The staff has budded, pride has blossomed!

Ezekiel 4:16

4:16 Then he said to me, “Son of man, I am about to remove the bread supply ²  in Jerusalem. ³  They will eat their bread ration anxiously, and they will drink their water ration in terror

Ezekiel 7:11

7:11 Violence ⁴  has grown into a staff that supports wickedness. Not one of them will be left ⁵  – not from their crowd, not from their wealth, not from their prominence. ⁶ 

Ezekiel 19:11-12

19:11 Its boughs were strong, fit ⁷  for rulers’ scepters; it reached up into the clouds.

It stood out because of its height and its many branches. ⁸ 

19:12 But it was plucked up in anger; it was thrown down to the ground.

The east wind ⁹  dried up its fruit;

its strong branches broke off and withered –

a fire consumed them.

Ezekiel 5:16

5:16 I will shoot against them deadly, ¹⁰  destructive ¹¹  arrows of famine, ¹²  which I will shoot to destroy you. ¹³  I will prolong a famine on you and will remove the bread supply. ¹⁴ 

Ezekiel 14:13

14:13 “Son of man, suppose a country sins against me by being unfaithful, and I stretch out my hand against it, cut off its bread supply, ¹⁵  cause famine to come on it, and kill both people and animals.

¹ tn The verse describes the similar situation recorded in Judg 9:20.

² tn Heb, “break the staff of bread.” The bread supply is compared to a staff that one uses for support.

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³ tn Heb “the violence.”

⁴ tc The LXX reads “he will crush the wicked rod without confusion or haste.”

⁵ tn The Hebrew word occurs only here in the OT.

⁴ tn The word “fit” does not occur in the Hebrew text.

⁵ tn Heb “and it was seen by its height and by the abundance of its branches.”

⁵ sn The east wind symbolizes the Babylonians.

⁶ tn The Hebrew word carries the basic idea of “bad, displeasing, injurious,” but when used of weapons has the nuance “deadly” (see Ps 144:10).

⁷ tn Heb “which are/were to destroy.”

⁸ tn The language of this verse may have been influenced by Deut 32:23.

⁹ tn Or “which were to destroy those whom I will send to destroy you” (cf. NASB).

¹⁰ tn Heb, “break the staff of bread.” The bread supply is compared to a staff that one uses for support. See 4:16, as well as the covenant curse in Lev 26:26.

⁷ tn Heb “break its staff of bread.”