Ezekiel 12:18
Sonne of man, eate thy bread with trembling and drinke thy water with trouble, and with carefulnesse,
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
Son of man, eat thy bread with quaking, and drink thy water with trembling and with carefulness;
In Context
17Moreouer, the worde of the Lord came vnto me, saying,
Cross References
Leviticus 26:26When I shall breake the staffe of your bread, then ten women shall bake your breade in one ouen, and they shall deliuer your bread againe by weight, and ye shall eate, but not be satisfied.
Deuteronomy 28:48Therefore thou shalt serue thine enemies which the Lord shall send vpon thee, in hunger and in thirst, and in nakednesse, and in neede of all things? and he shall put a yoke of yron vpon thy necke vntill he haue destroyed thee.
Job 3:24For my sighing commeth before I eate, and my roarings are powred out like the water.
Psalms 80:5Thou hast fedde them with the bread of teares, and giuen them teares to drinke with great measure.
Lamentations 5:9Wee gate our bread with the perill of our liues, because of the sword of the wildernesse.
Ezekiel 4:16Moreouer, he said vnto me, Sonne of man, beholde, I will breake the staffe of bread in Ierusalem, and they shall eate bread by weight, and with care, and they shall drinke water by measure, and with astonishment.
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 →