Ezekiel 4:16 meaning and explanation

Then He told me, “Son of man, I am going to cut off the supply of food in Jerusalem. They will anxiously eat bread rationed by weight, and in despair they will drink water by measure.

Ezekiel 4:16, Berean Standard Bible

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God is speaking to Ezekiel, a prophet already among the exiles in Babylon, and this verse explains the meaning of the sign he has just acted out. The brick, the siege posture and the rationed bread all point to Jerusalem's coming siege.

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