Ezekiel 4:13

4:13 And the Lord said, “This is how the people of Israel will eat their unclean food among the nations where I will banish them.”

Ezekiel 4:16

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


sn Unclean food among the nations. Lands outside of Israel were considered unclean (Josh 22:19; Amos 7:17).

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

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