Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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:

Bible References

I will

Ezekiel 5:16
When I shoot deadly arrows of famine at them, arrows for destruction that I will send to destroy you, inhabitants of Jerusalem, I will intensify the famine against you and cut off your supply of bread.
Ezekiel 14:13
“Son of man, if a land sins against Me by acting faithlessly, and I stretch out My hand against it to cut off its supply of bread, to send famine through it, and to wipe out both man and animal from it,
Leviticus 26:26
When I cut off your supply of bread, 10 women will bake your bread in a single oven and ration out your bread by weight, so that you will eat but not be satisfied.
Psalm 105:16
He called down famine against the land
and destroyed the entire food supply.
Isaiah 3:1
Observe this: The Lord God of Hosts
is about to remove from Jerusalem and from Judah
every kind of security:
the entire supply of bread and water,

General references

Leviticus 26:26
When I cut off your supply of bread, 10 women will bake your bread in a single oven and ration out your bread by weight, so that you will eat but not be satisfied.
Psalm 80:5
You fed them the bread of tears
and gave them a full measure
of tears to drink.
Lamentations 5:9
We secure our food at the risk of our lives
because of the sword in the wilderness.
Ezekiel 4:10
The food you eat each day will be eight ounces by weight; you will eat it from time to time.
Ezekiel 12:18
“Son of man, eat your bread with trembling and drink your water with shaking and anxiety.

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