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.

[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.

[7:11]  ³ tn Heb “the violence.”

[7:11]  ⁴ tc The LXX reads “he will crush the wicked rod without confusion or haste.”

[7:11]  ⁵ tn The Hebrew word occurs only here in the OT.

[19:11]  ⁵ tn The word “fit” does not occur in the Hebrew text.

[19:11]  ⁶ tn Heb “and it was seen by its height and by the abundance of its branches.”

[19:12]  ⁷ sn The east wind symbolizes the Babylonians.