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
19:12 But it was plucked up in anger; it was thrown down to the ground.
The east wind 3 dried up its fruit;
its strong branches broke off and withered –
a fire consumed them.
19:14 A fire has gone out from its branch; it has consumed its shoot and its fruit. 4
No strong branch was left in it, nor a scepter to rule.’
This is a lament song, and has become a lament song.”
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 sn The east wind symbolizes the Babylonians.
5 tn The verse describes the similar situation recorded in Judg 9:20.