Ezekiel - 4:17

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

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Explanation and meaning of 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 that when bread and water fail, every man may fall against his brother, and they may pine away in their iniquities.
because bread and water shall fail them, and they shall be astonied one with another, and waste away in their iniquity.
that they may want bread and water, and be astonied one with another, and pine away in their iniquity.
That they may want bread and water, and be astonished one with another, and consume away for their iniquity.
so that they lack bread and water, and have been astonished one with another, and been consumed in their iniquity.
So that they may be in need of bread and water and be wondering at one another, wasting away in their sin.
that they may want bread and water, and be appalled one with another, and pine away in their iniquity.
So then, when bread and water fail, each one may fall against his brother. And they shall waste away in their iniquities."
Ut indigeant pane et aquis [102] et obstupeant, [103] vir et frater ejus, et liquefiant [104] in iniquitate sua.

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Historical Commentaries

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That they may want bread and water,.... Or, "because they shall want" (l) &c. therefore they shall eat the one, and drink the other, by weight; or they shall do this till there shall be none to eat and drink:
and be astonished one with another; when they shall find they cannot relieve one another; and not knowing what method to take for the support of nature:
and consume away for their iniquity; their flesh upon them black through famine, putrid and noisome; and they wasting, pining, and consuming; reduced to skin and bones; and disagreeable to look upon; and all because of their sins and iniquities.
(l) "eo quod", Munster, Vatablus; "propterea", Tigurine version.

astonied one with another--mutually regard one another with astonishment: the stupefied look of despairing want.

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.

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