Ezekiel 4:17 Parallel Translations

They will be shocked at the sight of each other because of the lack of food and water. They will waste away because of their sin."(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

That they may want bread and water, and be astonied one with another, and consume away for their iniquity.

ASV:

that they may want bread and water, and be dismayed one with another, and pine away in their iniquity.

BBE:

So that they may be in need of bread and water and be wondering at one another, wasting away in their sin.

DBY:

because bread and water shall fail them, and they shall be astonied one with another, and waste away in their iniquity.

ERV:

that they may want bread and water, and be astonied one with another, and pine away in their iniquity.

JPS:

that they may want bread and water, and be appalled one with another, and pine away in their iniquity.

WBS:

That they may want bread and water, and be astonished one with another, and consume away for their iniquity.

WEB:

that they may want bread and water, and be dismayed one with another, and pine away in their iniquity.

YLT:

so that they lack bread and water, and have been astonished one with another, and been consumed in their iniquity.

Ezekiel 4:17 Cross References

XREF:

Leviticus 26:39 'So those of you who may be left will rot away because of their iniquity in the lands of your enemies; and also because of the iniquities of their forefathers they will rot away with them.

Ezekiel 24:23 'Your turbans will be on your heads and your shoes on your feet. You will not mourn and you will not weep, but you will rot away in your iniquities and you will groan to one another.

Ezekiel 33:10 "Now as for you, son of man, say to the house of Israel, 'Thus you have spoken, saying, "Surely our transgressions and our sins are upon us, and we are rotting away in them; how then can we survive?"' (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

WES:

4:17 May want - So because they served not God with chearfulness in the abundance of all things, He made them serve their enemies in the want of all things.

MHC:

4:9-17 The bread which was Ezekiel's support, was to be made of coarse grain and pulse mixed together, seldom used except in times of urgent scarcity, and of this he was only to take a small quantity. Thus was figured the extremity to which the Jews were to be reduced during the siege and captivity. Ezekiel does not plead, Lord, from my youth I have been brought up delicately, and never used to any thing like this; but that he had been brought up conscientiously, and never had eaten any thing forbidden by the law. It will be comfortable when we are brought to suffer hardships, if our hearts can witness that we have always been careful to keep even from the appearance of evil. See what woful work sin makes, and acknowledge the righteousness of God herein. Their plenty having been abused to luxury and excess, they were justly punished by famine. When men serve not God with cheerfulness in the abundance of all things, God will make them serve their enemies in the want of all things.

CONC:

Appalled Astonied Astonished Bread Consume Consumed Dismay Dismayed Fail Iniquity Lack Pine Punishment Scarce Sight Sin Waste Wasting Wondering

Appalled Astonied Astonished Bread Consume Consumed Dismay Dismayed Fail Food Iniquity Lack Need Pine Punishment Scarce Sight Want Waste Wasting Water Wondering

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