"That they may want bread and water, and be astonied one with another, and consume away for their iniquity." — Ezekiel 4:17

Ezekiel 4:17 · KJV

“That they may want bread and water, and be astonied one with another, and consume away for their iniquity.”

— Ezekiel 4:17

Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, behold, I will break the staff of bread in Jerusalem: and they shall eat bread by weight, and with care; and they shall drink water by measure, and with astonishment:

Ezekiel 4 — Context

Then he said unto me, Lo, I have given thee cow's dung for man's dung, and thou shalt prepare thy bread therewith.

That they may want bread and water, and be astonied one with another, and consume away for their iniquity.

Cross References

Leviticus 26:39

And they that are left of you shall pine away in their iniquity in your enemies' lands; and also in the iniquities of their fathers shall they pine away with them.

Ezekiel 24:23

And your tires {shall be} upon your heads, and your shoes upon your feet: ye shall not mourn nor weep; but ye shall pine away for your iniquities, and mourn one toward another.

Ezekiel 33:10

Therefore, O thou son of man, speak unto the house of Israel; Thus ye speak, saying, If our transgressions and our sins {be} upon us, and we pine away in them, how should we then live?