16 He called down famine(A) on the land
    and destroyed all their supplies of food;

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Judgment on Jerusalem and Judah

See now, the Lord,
    the Lord Almighty,
is about to take from Jerusalem and Judah
    both supply and support:(A)
all supplies of food(B) and all supplies of water,(C)

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16 He then said to me: “Son of man, I am about to cut off(A) the food supply in Jerusalem. The people will eat rationed food in anxiety and drink rationed water in despair,(B)

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17 for food and water will be scarce.(A) They will be appalled at the sight of each other and will waste away because of[a] their sin.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 4:17 Or away in

16 When I shoot at you with my deadly and destructive arrows of famine, I will shoot to destroy you. I will bring more and more famine upon you and cut off your supply of food.(A)

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