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 16:27

16:27 So see here, I have stretched out my hand against you and cut off your rations. I have delivered you into the power of those who hate you, the daughters of the Philistines, who were ashamed by your obscene conduct.

Ezekiel 45:5

45:5 An area eight and a quarter miles ³  in length and three and one-third miles ⁴  in width will be for the Levites, who minister at the temple, as the place for the cities ⁵  in which they will live.

[4:16]  ¹ tn Heb, “break the staff of bread.” The bread supply is compared to a staff that one uses for support.

[4:16]  ² map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[45:5]  ³ tn Heb “twenty-five thousand cubits” (i.e., 13.125 kilometers).

[45:5]  ⁴ tn Heb “ten thousand cubits” (i.e., 5.25 kilometers).

[45:5]  ⁵ tc The translation follows the LXX here. The MT reads “twenty.” See L. C. Allen, Ezekiel (WBC), 2:246.