“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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On the ninth day of the fourth month the famine was so severe in the city that there was no food for the people of the land.

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10 And your food that you eat shall be (A)by weight, (B)twenty shekels[a] a day; from day to day[b] you shall eat it.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 4:10 A shekel was about 2/5 ounce or 11 grams
  2. Ezekiel 4:10 Or at a set time daily; also verse 11

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.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 4:16 Hebrew staff

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