And he added: Mortal man, I am going to cut off the supply of bread for Jerusalem. The people there will be distressed and anxious as they measure out the food they eat and the water they drink.

I will destroy your food supply. Ten women will need only one oven to prepare your food. You will eat and go away hungry.

When I shoot my destructive arrows of famine at you, I will shoot to kill you. I will bring more and more famine into your land. I will cut off your food supply.

Jehovah of Hosts, the Almighty (Ruler) (Sovereign) is going to take all support and supply of food and water from Jerusalem and Judah.

Weigh out eight ounces of food for each day and eat it at set times.

Son of man, suppose a country sins against me by being unfaithful to me. I will stretch out my hand (use my power) against it, cut off its food supply, send a famine to it, and destroy its people and animals.

Furthermore, he called for a famine on the land: he broke the whole staff of bread.

Son of man, eat your bread with trembling and drink your water with quivering and anxiety.

You have shown your people hard things. You have made us drink the wine that makes us stagger.

Her people are sighing and looking for bread. They have given their desired things for something to eat to give them life. See, O Jehovah, and take note. She has become a thing of shame.

Those killed by the sword are better off than those who died of starvation. For these die slowly and waste away from lack of food from the field.

We risk our lives to get food, because of the sword of the wasteland.

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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

When I shoot my destructive arrows of famine at you, I will shoot to kill you. I will bring more and more famine into your land. I will cut off your food supply.
Son of man, suppose a country sins against me by being unfaithful to me. I will stretch out my hand (use my power) against it, cut off its food supply, send a famine to it, and destroy its people and animals.
I will destroy your food supply. Ten women will need only one oven to prepare your food. You will eat and go away hungry.
Furthermore, he called for a famine on the land: he broke the whole staff of bread.
Jehovah of Hosts, the Almighty (Ruler) (Sovereign) is going to take all support and supply of food and water from Jerusalem and Judah.

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I will destroy your food supply. Ten women will need only one oven to prepare your food. You will eat and go away hungry.
You made them eat tears as food. You often made them drink their own tears.
We risk our lives to get food, because of the sword of the wasteland.
Weigh out eight ounces of food for each day and eat it at set times.
Son of man, eat your bread with trembling and drink your water with quivering and anxiety.
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