Holy Scripture

Ezekiel 12:19

A church father on this verse
“(Verse 17 and following) And the word of the Lord came to me, saying: Son of man, eat your bread with agitation (Vulgate adds but); and drink your water with haste and sorrow. And say (Vulgate says you shall say) to the people of the land: Thus says the Lord God to those who dwell in Jerusalem, in the land of Israel:…”
Jerome, 5th c. — Commentary on Ezekiel

Source: Septuagint

Original

19And thou shalt say to the people of the land, Thus saith the Lord to the inhabitants of Jerusalem on the land of Israel; They shall eat their bread in scarcity, and shall drink their water in desolation, that the land may be desolate with all that it contains: for all that dwell in it are ungodly.

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In context

17And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

18Son of man, eat thy bread with sorrow, and drink thy water with torment and affliction.

— Ezekiel 12:19 —

20And their inhabited cities shall be laid utterly waste, and the land shall be desolate; and ye shall know that I am the Lord.

21And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

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