Ezekiel 4:16
And he said to me, Son of man, lo! I shall all-break the staff of bread in Jerusalem, and they shall eat their bread in weight and in busyness, and they shall drink water in measure and in anguish;This verse in the real world
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- מְשׂוּרָהmᵉsûwrâha measure (for liquids)
- דְּאָגָהdᵉʼâgâhanxiety
- מִשְׁקָלmishqâlweight (numerically estimated); hence, weighing (the act)
- שָׁבַרshâbarto burst (literally or figuratively)
- שָׁתָהshâthâhto imbibe (literally or figuratively)
- מַטֶּהmaṭṭeha branch (as extending); figuratively, a tribe; also a rod, whether for chastising (figura
- לֶחֶםlechemfood (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it)
- מַיִםmayimwater; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Ezk 5:16, Isa 3:1, Lev 26:26, Psa 105:16, Ezk 4:10–11, Ezk 12:18–19, Ezk 14:13, Lam 1:11