Ezekiel 4:11 meaning and explanation

You are also to measure out a sixth of a hin of water to drink, and you are to drink it at set times.

Ezekiel 4:11, Berean Standard Bible

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God is speaking to Ezekiel, commanding him to act out Jerusalem's coming siege. A sixth of a hin was a small daily ration of water, roughly a quart, so the prophet drinks sparingly at fixed times to dramatize the scarcity and terror inside a besieged city.

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