Ezekiel 4:16

4:16 Then he said to me, “Son of man, I am about to remove the bread supply ¹  in Jerusalem. ²  They will eat their bread ration anxiously, and they will drink their water ration in terror

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, ³  cause famine to come on it, and kill both people and animals.

Leviticus 26:26

26:26 When I break off your supply of bread, ⁴  ten women will bake your bread in one oven; they will ration your bread by weight, ⁵  and you will eat and not be satisfied.

Leviticus 26:2

26:2 You must keep my Sabbaths and reverence ⁶  my sanctuary. I am the Lord.

Leviticus 6:25

6:25 “Tell Aaron and his sons, ‘This is the law of the sin offering. In the place where the burnt offering is slaughtered the sin offering must be slaughtered before the Lord. It is most holy. ⁷ 

Isaiah 3:1

A Coming Leadership Crisis

3:1 Look, the sovereign Lord who commands armies ⁸ 

is about to remove from Jerusalem ⁹  and Judah

every source of security, including ¹⁰ 

all the food and water, ¹¹ 

¹ tn Heb, “break the staff of bread.” The bread supply is compared to a staff that one uses for support.

² map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

³ tn Heb “break its staff of bread.”

⁴ tn Heb “When I break to you staff of bread” (KJV, ASV, and NASB all similar).

⁵ tn Heb “they will return your bread in weight.”

⁶ tn Heb “and my sanctuary you shall fear.” Cf. NCV “respect”; CEV “honor.”

⁷ tn Heb “holiness of holinesses [or holy of holies] it is.” Cf. NAB “most sacred”; CEV “very sacred”; TEV “very holy.”

⁸ tn Heb “the master, the Lord who commands armies [traditionally, the Lord of hosts].” On the title “the Lord who commands armies,” see the note at 1:9.

⁹ map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

¹⁰ tn Heb “support and support.” The masculine and feminine forms of the noun are placed side-by-side to emphasize completeness. See GKC 394 §122.v.

¹¹ tn Heb “all the support of food, and all the support of water.”