Judgment on Judah and Jerusalem

For behold, the (A)Lord God of hosts
    is taking away from Jerusalem and from Judah
support and supply,[a]
    all (B)support of bread,
    and all support of water;

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  1. Isaiah 3:1 Hebrew staff

Judgment on Jerusalem and Judah

See now, the Lord,
    the Lord Almighty,
is about to take from Jerusalem and Judah
    both supply and support:(A)
all supplies of food(B) and all supplies of water,(C)

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26 (A)When I break your supply[a] of bread, ten women shall bake your bread in a single oven and shall dole out your bread again by weight, and (B)you shall eat and not be satisfied.

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  1. Leviticus 26:26 Hebrew staff

26 When I cut off your supply of bread,(A) ten women will be able to bake your bread in one oven, and they will dole out the bread by weight. You will eat, but you will not be satisfied.

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13 (A)“Son of man, when a land sins against me (B)by acting faithlessly, and I stretch out my hand against it and (C)break its supply[a] of bread and send famine upon it, and (D)cut off from it man and beast,

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  1. Ezekiel 14:13 Hebrew staff

13 “Son of man, if a country sins(A) against me by being unfaithful and I stretch out my hand against it to cut off its food supply(B) and send famine upon it and kill its people and their animals,(C)

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22 (A)Stop regarding man
    (B)in whose nostrils is breath,
    for of what account is he?

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22 Stop trusting in mere humans,(A)
    who have but a breath(B) in their nostrils.
    Why hold them in esteem?(C)

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24 Therefore the (A)Lord declares,
    the Lord of hosts,
    the (B)Mighty One of Israel:
“Ah, I will get relief from my enemies
    (C)and avenge myself on my foes.

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24 Therefore the Lord, the Lord Almighty,
    the Mighty One(A) of Israel, declares:
“Ah! I will vent my wrath on my foes
    and avenge(B) myself on my enemies.(C)

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16 Moreover, he said to me, (A)“Son of man, behold, (B)I will break the supply[a] of bread in Jerusalem. They shall eat bread (C)by weight and with anxiety, and they shall drink water (D)by measure and in dismay. 17 I will do this that they may lack bread and water, and (E)look at one another in dismay, and (F)rot away because of their punishment.

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  1. Ezekiel 4:16 Hebrew staff

16 He then said to me: “Son of man, I am about to cut off(A) the food supply in Jerusalem. The people will eat rationed food in anxiety and drink rationed water in despair,(B) 17 for food and water will be scarce.(C) They will be appalled at the sight of each other and will waste away because of[a] their sin.(D)

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  1. Ezekiel 4:17 Or away in

“My lord the king, these men have done evil in all that they did to Jeremiah the prophet by casting him into the cistern, and he will die there of (A)hunger, (B)for there is no bread left in the city.”

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“My lord the king, these men have acted wickedly in all they have done to Jeremiah the prophet. They have thrown him into a cistern,(A) where he will starve to death when there is no longer any bread(B) in the city.”

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21 So King Zedekiah gave orders, and they committed Jeremiah to (A)the court of the guard. And a loaf of bread was given him daily from the bakers' street, (B)until all the bread of the city was gone. So Jeremiah remained in (C)the court of the guard.

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21 King Zedekiah then gave orders for Jeremiah to be placed in the courtyard of the guard and given a loaf of bread from the street of the bakers each day until all the bread(A) in the city was gone.(B) So Jeremiah remained in the courtyard of the guard.(C)

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22 Thus says your Lord, the Lord,
    your God (A)who pleads the cause of his people:
“Behold, I have taken from your hand (B)the cup of staggering;
the bowl of my wrath you shall drink no more;

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22 This is what your Sovereign Lord says,
    your God, who defends(A) his people:
“See, I have taken out of your hand
    the cup(B) that made you stagger;
from that cup, the goblet of my wrath,
    you will never drink again.

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12 But the Rabshakeh said, “Has my master sent me to speak these words to your master and to you, and not to the men sitting on the wall, who are doomed with you to eat their own dung and drink their own urine?”

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12 But the commander replied, “Was it only to your master and you that my master sent me to say these things, and not to the people sitting on the wall—who, like you, will have to eat their own excrement and drink their own urine?(A)

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13 Therefore my people go into exile
    (A)for lack of knowledge;[a]
their (B)honored men go hungry,[b]
    and their multitude is parched with thirst.

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  1. Isaiah 5:13 Or without their knowledge
  2. Isaiah 5:13 Or die of hunger

13 Therefore my people will go into exile(A)
    for lack of understanding;(B)
those of high rank(C) will die of hunger
    and the common people will be parched with thirst.(D)

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16 When he (A)summoned a famine on the land
    and (B)broke all supply[a] of bread,

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  1. Psalm 105:16 Hebrew staff

16 He called down famine(A) on the land
    and destroyed all their supplies of food;

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