- eat:
- The prophet was allowed each day only twenty shekels weight, or about ten ounces, of the coarse food he had prepared, and the sixth part of a hin, scarcely a pint and a half, of water; all of which was intended to shew that they should be obliged to eat the meanest and coarsest food, and that by weight, and their water by measure. "And thy meatª which¹ thou shalt eatª° [shall be] by weight,ª twentyª shekelsª a day:ª from timeª¹ to¹ timeª shalt thou eatª° it. ... Thou shalt drinkª° also waterª by measure,ª the sixth partª of an hin:ª from timeª¹ to¹ timeª shalt thou drink.ª°" {Ezk 4:10-11} + "Sonª of man,ª eatª° thy breadª with quaking,ª and drinkª° thy waterª with tremblingª and with carefulness;ª ... And sayª° unto¹ the peopleª of the land,²¹ Thus¹ saithª° the Lordª GODª of the inhabitantsª° of Jerusalem,ª [and] of¹ the land²¹ of Israel;ª They shall eatª° their breadª with carefulness,ª and drinkª° their waterª with astonishment,ª that¹ her landª may be desolateª° from all that is therein,ª¹ because of the violenceª¹ of all¹ them that dwellª° therein." {Ezk 12:18-19} + "Thou hast shewedª° thy peopleª hard¹ things:² thou hast made us to drinkª° the wineª of astonishment.ª" {Psa 60:3} + "All¹ her peopleª sigh,ª° they seekª° bread;ª they have givenª° their pleasant thingsª²° for meatª to relieveª° the soul:ª see,ª° O LORD,ª and consider;ª° for¹ I am become¹ vile.ª°" {Lam 1:11} + "[They that be] slainª with the swordª are¹ betterª than [they that be] slainª¹ with hunger:ª for theseª¹ pine away,ª° stricken²° through¹ for [want of] the fruitsª¹ of the field.ª ... The handsª of the pitifulª womenª have soddenª° their own children:ª they were¹ their meatª° in the destructionª of the daughterª of my people.ª" {Lam 4:9-10} + "We gatª° our breadª with [the peril of] our livesª because² of¹¹ the swordª of the wilderness.ª" {Lam 5:9}
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