Ezekiel 4:17
“That they may want bread and water, & be astonied one with an other, and consume away for their iniquitie.”
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Ezekiel 4:17 Context
15Then he said vnto me, Loe, I haue giuen thee cowes doung for mans doung and thou shalt prepare thy bread therewith. 16Moreouer he said vnto me, Sonne of man, behold, I wil breake the staffe of bread in Ierusalem, and they shall eat bread by weight, and with care, and they shal drinke water by measure, and with astonishment: 17That they may want bread and water, & be astonied one with an other, and consume away for their iniquitie.
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Other Translations for Ezekiel 4:17
That they may want bread and water, and be astonied one with another, and consume away for their iniquity.
- King James Version
because bread and water will be scarce; and they will be appalled with one another and waste away in their iniquity.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
that they may want bread and water, and be dismayed one with another, and pine away in their iniquity.
- American Standard Version (1901)
So that they may be in need of bread and water and be wondering at one another, wasting away in their sin.
- Basic English Bible
because bread and water shall fail them, and they shall be astonied one with another, and waste away in their iniquity.
- Darby Bible
That they may want bread and water, and be astonished one with another, and consume away for their iniquity.
- Webster's Bible
that they may want bread and water, and be dismayed one with another, and pine away in their iniquity.
- World English Bible
so that they lack bread and water, and have been astonished one with another, and been consumed in their iniquity.
- Youngs Literal Bible
that they may want bread and water, and be appalled one with another, and pine away in their iniquity.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for Ezekiel 4:17
4:17 May want - So because they served not God with chearfulness in the abundance of all things, He made them serve their enemies in the want of all things.