Ezekiel 12:19 meaning and explanation
Then tell the people of the land that this is what the Lord GOD says about those living in Jerusalem and in the land of Israel: ‘They will eat their bread with anxiety and drink their water in dread, for their land will be stripped of everything in it because of the violence of all who dwell in it.
Ezekiel 12:19, Berean Standard Bible
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Ezekiel, a prophet among the exiles in Babylon, is told to act out the coming siege of Jerusalem. In verse 19 he explains the sign of eating and drinking with trembling: those still in Jerusalem and the land will soon eat bread in anxiety and drink water in dread.
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