Yehezkiel 4:16

4:16 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

Yehezkiel 5:16

5:16 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 

Yehezkiel 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, ⁸  cause famine to come on it, and kill both people and animals.

[4:16]  ¹ tn Heb, “break the staff of bread.” The bread supply is compared to a staff that one uses for support.

[4:16]  ² map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[5:16]  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).

[5:16]  ⁴ tn Heb “which are/were to destroy.”

[5:16]  ⁵ tn The language of this verse may have been influenced by Deut 32:23.

[5:16]  ⁶ tn Or “which were to destroy those whom I will send to destroy you” (cf. NASB).

[5:16]  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.

[14:13]  ⁸ tn Heb “break its staff of bread.”