Ezekiel 5:17

5:17 I will send famine and wild beasts against you and they will take your children from you. 1  Plague and bloodshed will overwhelm you, 2  and I will bring a sword against you. I, the Lord, have spoken!”

Ezekiel 6:11-12

6:11 “‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: Clap your hands, stamp your feet, and say, “Ah!” because of all the evil, abominable practices of the house of Israel, for they will fall by the sword, famine, and pestilence. 3  6:12 The one far away will die by pestilence, the one close by will fall by the sword, and whoever is left and has escaped these 4  will die by famine. I will fully vent my rage against them.

Ezekiel 12:16

12:16 But I will let a small number of them survive the sword, famine, and pestilence, so that they can confess all their abominable practices to the nations where they go. Then they will know that I am the Lord.”

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, 5  cause famine to come on it, and kill both people and animals.

Ezekiel 14:21

14:21 “For this is what the sovereign Lord says: How much worse will it be when I send my four terrible judgments – sword, famine, wild animals, and plague – to Jerusalem 6  to kill both people and animals!

Ezekiel 34:29

34:29 I will prepare for them a healthy 7  planting. They will no longer be victims 8  of famine in the land and will no longer bear the insults of the nations.

1 tn Heb “will bereave you.”

2 tn Heb “will pass through you.” This threat recalls the warning of Lev 26:22, 25 and Deut 32:24-25.

3 sn By the sword and by famine and by pestilence. A similar trilogy of punishments is mentioned in Lev 26:25-26. See also Jer 14:12; 21:9; 27:8, 13; 29:18).

4 tn Heb “the one who is left, the one who is spared.”

5 tn Heb “break its staff of bread.”

6 map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

7 tc The MT reads לְשֵׁם (lÿshem, “for a name”), meaning perhaps a renowned planting (place). The translation takes this to be a metathesis of שָׁלֹם (shalom) as was read by the LXX.

8 tn Heb “those gathered” for famine.