Then they came to Elim, where there were 12 springs of water and 70 date palms, and they camped there by the waters.

They departed from Marah and came to Elim. There were 12 springs of water and 70 date palms at Elim, so they camped there.

Then he distributed a loaf of bread, a date cake, and a raisin cake to each one in the entire Israelite community, both men and women. Then all the people left, each to his own home.

Then he distributed to each and every Israelite, both men and women, a loaf of bread, a date cake, and a raisin cake.

“Son of man, write down today’s date, this very day. The king of Babylon has laid siege to Jerusalem this very day.

The grapevine is dried up,
and the fig tree is withered;
the pomegranate, the date palm, and the apple—
all the trees of the orchard—have withered.
Indeed, human joy has dried up.