Ezekiel 4:17that they may want bread and water, and be dismayed one with another, and pine away in their iniquity.
The setting
Tel Aviv, Iraq (ancient Babylon), ~593 BC. Ezekiel performs dramatic street theater for Jewish exiles...
The original word
maqaq (מָקַק) — to waste away, rot from within, like fruit left too long
Why it matters
Ezekiel was performing this 6 years before Jerusalem actually fell
Read with care
What most readers miss in Ezekiel 4:17
The exiles thought Jerusalem was invincible — this prophecy seemed impossible
Common misconceptionThis sounds like God enjoying punishment, but Ezekiel wept while delivering these prophecies. God was grieving the necessity of discipline.
The thread continues
Verses that echo Ezekiel 4:17
Bible Genome reading
Ezekiel 4:17 — Bible Genome reading
Emotional genome
Ezekiel 4:17 comes from the book of Ezekiel, written during the Exile period. These words are attributed to God. The dominant emotion in this verse is grieving, with a comfort power of 10% and a tone that is lamenting. It belongs to the prophecy genre of biblical literature. Key themes include divine judgment, suffering, consequence of sin. Notable phrases: want bread and water; dismayed; pine away in their iniquity. This verse contains a promise of God. This verse contains prophecy.
Emotionally similar
Verses that meet the same grieving
“By the sweat of your face will you eat bread until you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken. For you are dust, and to dust you…”
— Genesis 3:19
“Jesus wept.”
— John 11:35
“My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from helping me, and from the words of my groaning?”
— Psalms 22:1
“They divide my garments among them. They cast lots for my clothing.”
— Psalms 22:18
“for all have sinned, and fall short of the glory of God;”
— Romans 3:23
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