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 7:11

7:11 Violence ³  has grown into a staff that supports wickedness. Not one of them will be left ⁴  – not from their crowd, not from their wealth, not from their prominence. ⁵ 

Ezekiel 19:11-12

19:11 Its boughs were strong, fit ⁶  for rulers’ scepters; it reached up into the clouds.

It stood out because of its height and its many branches. ⁷ 

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

The east wind ⁸  dried up its fruit;

its strong branches broke off and withered –

a fire consumed them.

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 “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.

⁵ tn The word “fit” does not occur in the Hebrew text.

⁶ tn Heb “and it was seen by its height and by the abundance of its branches.”

⁷ sn The east wind symbolizes the Babylonians.