Ezekiel 5:16 meaning and explanation
When I shower you with the deadly arrows of famine and destruction that I will send to destroy you, I will intensify the famine against you and cut off your supply of food.
Ezekiel 5:16, Berean Standard Bible
Explanation preview
God is speaking through Ezekiel to the exiles in Babylon, announcing judgment on Jerusalem because the people broke covenant with him. The image of famine as arrows fits the chapter's picture of a city under siege, where food runs out and hunger becomes a weapon.
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