Ezekiel 5:16
When I shall send upon them the evil arrows of famine, which shall be for their destruction, and which I will send to destroy you: and I will increase the famine upon you, and will break your staff of bread:Ezekiel 5:16 in the real world
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In what words
- מַשְׁחִיתmashchîythdestructive, i.e. (as noun) destruction, literally (specifically a snare) or figuratively
- חֵץchêtsproperly, a piercer, i.e. an arrow; by implication, a wound; figuratively, (of God) thunde
- רָעָבrâʻâbhunger (more or less extensive)
- שָׁחַתshâchathto decay, i.e. (causatively) ruin (literally or figuratively)
- שָׁבַרshâbarto burst (literally or figuratively)
- יָסַףyâçaphto add or augment (often adverbial, to continue to do a thing)
- מַטֶּהmaṭṭeha branch (as extending); figuratively, a tribe; also a rod, whether for chastising (figura
- רַעraʻbad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Ezk 4:16, Deu 32:23–24, Ezk 14:13, Psa 7:13, Isa 3:1, 2Ki 6:25, Lev 26:26, Psa 91:5–7