Holy Scripture
Ezekiel 4:17
A church father on this verse
“(Verse 16, 17.) And he said to me: Son of man, behold, I will break the staff of bread in Jerusalem, and they shall eat bread by weight and with anxiety, and they shall drink water by measure and with dismay; so that when bread and water are lacking, each one shall stumble to his brother, and they shall waste away in…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
17that they may want bread and water; and a man and his brother shall be brought to ruin, and they shall pine away in their iniquities.
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15And he said to me, Behold, I have given thee dung of oxen instead of man’s dung, and thou shalt prepare thy loaves upon it.
16And he said to me, Son of man, behold, I break the support of bread in Jerusalem: and they shall eat bread by weight and in want; and shall drink water by measure, and in a state of ruin:
— Ezekiel 4:17 —