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 19:12

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.

Ezekiel 19:14

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.”

[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.

[19:12]  ³ sn The east wind symbolizes the Babylonians.

[19:14]  ⁵ tn The verse describes the similar situation recorded in Judg 9:20.