Ezekiel 4:17
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That they may want bread and water, and be astonied one with another, and consume away for their iniquity.So they will lack food and water; they will be appalled at the sight of one another wasting away in their iniquity.
In other translations
That they may want bread and water, and be astonied one with another, and consume away for their iniquity.So they will lack food and water; they will be appalled at the sight of one another wasting away in their iniquity.
Hebrew words
לְמַעַןlema'anso thatH4616יַחְסְרוּyachseruthey may lackH2637לֶחֶםlechembreadH3899וָמָיִםvamayimand waterH4325וְנָשַׁמּוּvenashamuand they will be appalledH8074אִישׁ'isheveryoneH376וְאָחִיוve'achivand brother hisH251וְנָמַקּוּvenamakuand they will waste awayH4743בַּעֲוֹנָם׃ פba'avonamin iniquity theirH5771
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
Related verses
- Leviticus 26:39And they that are left of you shall pine away in their iniquity in your enemies’ lands; and also in the iniquities of their fathers shall they pine away with them.Those of you who survive in the lands of your enemies will waste away in their iniquity and will decay in the sins of their fathers.
- Ezekiel 24:23And your tires shall be upon your heads, and your shoes upon your feet: ye shall not mourn nor weep; but ye shall pine away for your iniquities, and mourn one toward another.Your turbans will remain on your heads and your sandals on your feet. You will not mourn or weep, but you will waste away because of your sins, and you will groan among yourselves.
- Ezekiel 33:10Therefore, O thou son of man, speak unto the house of Israel; Thus ye speak, saying, If our transgressions and our sins be upon us, and we pine away in them, how should we then live?Now as for you, son of man, tell the house of Israel that this is what they have said: ‘Our transgressions and our sins are heavy upon us, and we are wasting away because of them! How can we live?’
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