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Ezekiel 12:18

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“Son of man, eat your bread with trembling, and drink your water with quivering and anxiety.

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Matthew Henry Bible Commentaryv. 18

Though the vision of God's glory had gone up from the prophet, yet his word comes to him still, and is by him sent to the people, and to the same purport with that which was discovered to him in the vision, namely, to set forth the terrible judgments that were coming upon Jerusalem, by which the city and temple should be entirely laid waste. In this chapter, I. The prophet, by removing his stuff, and quitting his lodgings, must be a sign to set forth Zedekiah's flight out of Jerusalem in the utmost confusion when the Chaldeans took the city (v. 1-16). II. The prophet, by eating his meat with trembling, must be a sign to set forth the famine in the city during the siege, and the consternation that the inhabitants should be in (Eze 12:17-20). III. A message is sent from God to the people, to assure them that all these predictions should have their accomplishment very shortly, and not be deferred, as they flattered themselves they would be (Eze 12:21-28).

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Strong's Concordancev. 18

בֵּן (bên, H1121) — a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative… אָדָם (ʼâdâm, H120) — ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.) אָכַל (ʼâkal, H398) — to eat (literally or figuratively) לֶחֶם (lechem, H3899) — food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it) רַעַשׁ (raʻash, H7494) — vibration, bounding, uproar שָׁתָה (shâthâh, H8354) — to imbibe (literally or figuratively) מַיִם (mayim, H4325) — water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen רׇגְזָה (rogzâh, H7269) — trepidation דְּאָגָה (dᵉʼâgâh, H1674) — anxiety

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Lamentations 5:9rank 3

We get our bread at the risk of our lives because of the sword in the wilderness.

Job 3:24rank 2

I sigh when food is put before me, and my groans pour out like water.

Psalms 80:5rank 2

You fed them with the bread of tears and made them drink the full measure of their tears.

Leviticus 26:36rank 2

As for those of you who survive, I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies, so that even the sound of a windblown leaf will put them to flight. And they will flee as one flees the sword, and fall when no one pursues them.

Leviticus 26:26rank 2

When I cut off your supply of bread, ten women will bake your bread in a single oven and dole out your bread by weight, so that you will eat but not be satisfied.

Deuteronomy 28:48rank 2

you will serve your enemies the LORD will send against you in famine, thirst, nakedness, and destitution. He will place an iron yoke on your neck until He has destroyed you.

Deuteronomy 28:65rank 2

Among those nations you will find no repose, not even a resting place for the sole of your foot. There the LORD will give you a trembling heart, failing eyes, and a despairing soul.

Ezekiel 23:33rank 1

You will be filled with drunkenness and grief, with a cup of devastation and desolation, the cup of your sister Samaria.

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