Discovery BoxEzekiel 4:16 
Context4:16 Then he said to me, “Son of man, I am about to remove the bread supply 1 in Jerusalem. 2 They will eat their bread ration anxiously, and they will drink their water ration in terror
Ezekiel 5:16
Context5:16 I will shoot against them deadly, 3 destructive 4 arrows of famine, 5 which I will shoot to destroy you. 6 I will prolong a famine on you and will remove the bread supply. 7
Ezekiel 14:13
Context14:13 “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, 8 cause famine to come on it, and kill both people and animals.
1 tn Heb, “break the staff of bread.” The bread supply is compared to a staff that one uses for support.
2 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
3 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).
4 tn Heb “which are/were to destroy.”
5 tn The language of this verse may have been influenced by Deut 32:23.
6 tn Or “which were to destroy those whom I will send to destroy you” (cf. NASB).
7 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.
8 tn Heb “break its staff of bread.”
