Holy Scripture
Ezekiel 12:20
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:…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
20And their inhabited cities shall be laid utterly waste, and the land shall be desolate; and ye shall know that I am the Lord.
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In context
18Son of man, eat thy bread with sorrow, and drink thy water with torment and affliction.
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.
— Ezekiel 12:20 —
21And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
22Son of man, what is your parable on the land of Israel, that ye say, The days are long, the vision has perished?