Ezekiel 5:16
When I send against you the deadly arrows of famine to destroy you, I will send more of them to destroy you and cut off your supply of bread.
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King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)
When I shall send upon them the evil arrows of famine, which shall be for their destruction, and which I will send to destroy you: and I will increase the famine upon you, and will break your staff of bread:
KJV1611 – Modern English
When I shall send upon them the evil arrows of famine, which shall be for their destruction, and which I will send to destroy you: and I will increase the famine upon you, and will break your staff of bread:
King James Version 1611 (Original)
When I shall send upon them the evil arrows of famine, which shall be for their destruction, and which I will send to destroy you: and I will increase the famine upon you, and will break your staff of bread:
American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers
when I shall send{H7971} upon them the evil{H7451} arrows{H2671} of famine,{H7458} that are for destruction,{H4889} which I will send{H7971} to destroy{H7843} you: and I will increase{H3254} the famine{H7458} upon you, and will break{H7665} your staff{H4294} of bread;{H3899}
King James Version with Strong's Numbers
When I shall send{H7971}{(H8762)} upon them the evil{H7451} arrows{H2671} of famine{H7458}, which shall be for their destruction{H4889}, and which I will send{H7971}{(H8763)} to destroy{H7843}{(H8763)} you: and I will increase{H3254}{(H8686)} the famine{H7458} upon you, and will break{H7665}{(H8804)} your staff{H4294} of bread{H3899}:
Coverdale Bible (1535)
when I shute amonge them the perlous dartes of hoger, which shalbe but death: Yee therfore shall I shute them, because I will destroye you. I will encrease hunger, and mynish all the prouysion off bred amonge you.
Geneva Bible (1560)
When I shall sende vpon them the euill arrowes of famine, which shalbe for their destruction, and which I will sende to destroy you: and I will encrease the famine vpon you, and wil breake your staffe of bread.
Bishops' Bible (1568)
When I shoote among them the perilous dartes of hunger, which shalbe for their destruction, yea therfore shall I shoote them because I wyll destroy you, I wyll encrease hunger vpon you, and wyll breake your staffe of bread.
Authorized King James Version (1611)
When I shall send upon them the evil arrows of famine, which shall be for [their] destruction, [and] which I will send to destroy you: and I will increase the famine upon you, and will break your staff of bread:
Webster's Bible (1833)
when I shall send on them the evil arrows of famine, that are for destruction, which I will send to destroy you: and I will increase the famine on you, and will break your staff of bread;
Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)
In My sending the evil arrows of famine among them, That have been for destruction, That I send to destroy you, And famine I am adding upon you, And I have broken to you the staff of bread.
American Standard Version (1901)
when I shall send upon them the evil arrows of famine, that are for destruction, which I will send to destroy you: and I will increase the famine upon you, and will break your staff of bread;
American Standard Version (1901)
when I shall send upon them the evil arrows of famine, that are for destruction, which I will send to destroy you: and I will increase the famine upon you, and will break your staff of bread;
Bible in Basic English (1941)
When I send on you the evil arrows of disease, causing destruction, which I will send to put an end to you; and, further, I will take away your necessary food.
World English Bible (2000)
when I shall send on them the evil arrows of famine, that are for destruction, which I will send to destroy you: and I will increase the famine on you, and will break your staff of bread;
NET Bible® (New English Translation)
I will shoot against them deadly, destructive arrows of famine, which I will shoot to destroy you. I will prolong a famine on you and will remove the bread supply.
Referenced Verses
- Deut 32:23-24 : 23 I will heap calamities on them and expend My arrows against them. 24 Wasted by famine, consumed by burning heat and bitter destruction, I will send against them the teeth of wild animals and the venom of creatures that crawl in the dust.
- Ezek 4:16 : 16 Then He said to me, 'Son of man, I am about to cut off the supply of bread in Jerusalem. They will eat bread by weight and in anxiety, and they will drink water by measure and in despair.'
- Ezek 14:13 : 13 Son of man, if a land sins against me by acting faithlessly, and I stretch out my hand against it, breaking its supply of bread, sending famine upon it, and cutting off from it both man and beast,
- Lev 26:26 : 26 When I break your staff of bread, ten women will bake your bread in one oven and dole out your bread by weight, and you will eat but not be satisfied.
- 2 Kgs 6:25 : 25 There was a great famine in Samaria, and it lasted until a donkey's head sold for eighty pieces of silver, and a quarter of a kab of dove's dung went for five pieces of silver.
- Ps 7:13 : 13 If a person does not repent, He will sharpen His sword; He has bent His bow and made it ready.
- Ps 91:5-7 : 5 You will not be afraid of the terror of the night, nor the arrow that flies by day, 6 nor the pestilence that stalks in the darkness, nor the destruction that strikes at noonday. 7 A thousand may fall at your side and ten thousand at your right hand, but it will not come near you.
- Isa 3:1 : 1 See now, the Lord, the LORD of Hosts, is removing from Jerusalem and Judah support and supply, both bread and water.
- Lam 3:12 : 12 He has bent His bow and made me the target for His arrows.
Similar Verses (AI)
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17 I will send famine and wild beasts against you, and they will bereave you. Plague and bloodshed will sweep through you, and I will bring the sword against you. I, the LORD, have spoken.
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13 Son of man, if a land sins against me by acting faithlessly, and I stretch out my hand against it, breaking its supply of bread, sending famine upon it, and cutting off from it both man and beast,
- Lev 26:25-262 verses78%
25 I will bring the sword upon you to avenge the breaking of the covenant, and when you retreat into your cities, I will send a plague among you, and you will be delivered into the hands of the enemy.
26 When I break your staff of bread, ten women will bake your bread in one oven and dole out your bread by weight, and you will eat but not be satisfied.
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10 I will send the sword, famine, and pestilence against them until they are completely destroyed from the land I gave to them and their ancestors.
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14 I will make you a ruin and a reproach among the nations around you, in the sight of all who pass by.
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- Jer 29:17-182 verses76%
17 this is what the LORD of Armies says: 'I am about to send against them the sword, famine, and plague, and I will make them like rotten figs that are so bad they cannot be eaten.'
18 I will pursue them with sword, famine, and plague. I will make them a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth—a curse and an object of astonishment, scorn, and ridicule among all the nations where I have banished them.
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16 Then He said to me, 'Son of man, I am about to cut off the supply of bread in Jerusalem. They will eat bread by weight and in anxiety, and they will drink water by measure and in despair.'
17 'In this way, they will lack bread and water, and they will be appalled at one another and waste away because of their iniquity.'
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17 They will consume your harvest and your bread, devour your sons and daughters, eat your flocks and herds, and consume your vines and fig trees. With the sword, they will destroy your fortified cities in which you trust.
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16 This is what the Lord of Hosts says: 'Consider and call for the mourning women to come; send for the skilled wailing women to arrive.'
- Deut 32:23-242 verses74%
23 I will heap calamities on them and expend My arrows against them.
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13 Therefore, I have begun to strike you and make you desolate because of your sins.
14 You will eat but not be satisfied, and your emptiness will remain within you. You will store up but not save, and what you do save, I will give over to the sword.
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16 He called famine upon the land; He broke the supply of bread.
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16 I, in turn, will do this to you: I will bring sudden terror upon you, wasting diseases and fever that destroy your eyes and drain your strength. You will plant your seed in vain, for your enemies will eat it.
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11 'Behold, the days are coming,' declares the Lord God, 'when I will send a famine on the land—not a famine of bread or a thirst for water, but a famine of hearing the words of the Lord.'
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3 I will strike your bow out of your left hand and cause your arrows to fall from your right hand.
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10 Therefore, fathers will eat their sons among you, and sons will eat their fathers. I will execute judgments on you and scatter all your survivors to every wind.
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2 And if they ask you, 'Where should we go?' tell them, 'This is what the LORD says: Those destined for death, to death; those for the sword, to the sword; those for famine, to famine; and those for captivity, to captivity.'
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14 Therefore, this is what the Lord, the God of Hosts, says: Because you have said these words, I am making My words in your mouth a fire, and this people the wood it consumes.
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7 At any moment I might speak concerning a nation or a kingdom, to uproot it, tear it down, or destroy it.