Ezekiel 12:19
And thou shalt say to the people of the land, Thus saith the Lord to the inhabitants of Jerusalem on the land of Israel; They shall eat their bread in scarcity, and shall drink their water in desolation, that the land may be desolate with all that it contains: for all that dwell in it are ungodly.
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
In Context
18Son of man, eat thy bread with sorrow, and drink thy water with torment and affliction.
Cross References
Genesis 6:11But the earth was corrupted before God, and the earth was filled with iniquity.
Psalms 24:1A Psalm of David. 1 To thee, O Lord, have I lifted up my soul. 1
Isaiah 6:11And I said, How long, O Lord? And he said, Until the cities be deserted by reason of their not being inhabited, and the houses by reason of there being no men, and the land shall be left desolate.
Jeremiah 6:7As a cistern cools water, so her wickedness cools her, ungodliness and misery shall be heard in her, as continually before her.
Jeremiah 10:22Behold, there comes a sound of a noise, and a great earthquake from the land of the north, to make the cities of Judah a desolation, and a resting place for ostriches.
Jeremiah 25:11And all the land shall be a desolation; and they shall serve among the Gentiles seventy years.
Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 12:18-21
Prediction of the Famine. ( b. c. 593.) 17 Moreover the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 18 Son of man, eat thy bread with quaking, and drink thy water with trembling and with carefulness; 19 And say unto the people of the land, Thus saith the Lord God of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and of the land of Israel; They shall eat their bread with carefulness, and drink their water with astonishment, that her land may be desolate from all that is therein, because of the violence of all them that dwell therein. 20… Read the whole commentary →