Ezekiel 4:16

4:16 Then he said to me, “Son of man, I am about to remove the bread supply in Jerusalem. They will eat their bread ration anxiously, and they will drink their water ration in terror

Ezekiel 5:16

5:16 I will shoot against them deadly, destructive arrows of famine, which I will shoot to destroy you. I will prolong a famine on you and will remove the bread supply.

Ezekiel 14:13

14:13 “Son of man, suppose a country sins against me by being unfaithful, and I stretch out my hand against it, cut off its bread supply, cause famine to come on it, and kill both people and animals.

tn Heb, “break the staff of bread.” The bread supply is compared to a staff that one uses for support.

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tn The Hebrew word carries the basic idea of “bad, displeasing, injurious,” but when used of weapons has the nuance “deadly” (see Ps 144:10).

tn Heb “which are/were to destroy.”

tn The language of this verse may have been influenced by Deut 32:23.

tn Or “which were to destroy those whom I will send to destroy you” (cf. NASB).

tn Heb, “break the staff of bread.” The bread supply is compared to a staff that one uses for support. See 4:16, as well as the covenant curse in Lev 26:26.

tn Heb “break its staff of bread.”