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

Ezekiel 19:12

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

The east wind dried up its fruit;

its strong branches broke off and withered –

a fire consumed them.

Ezekiel 19:14

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

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

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


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

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sn The east wind symbolizes the Babylonians.

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