Ezekiel 5:16
Ezekiel · Old Testament · Chapter 5
“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:”Ezekiel 5:16
What Does Ezekiel 5:16 Mean?
Ezekiel 5:16 is found in the book of Ezekiel, chapter 5, verse 16 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 12 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (12)
These passages are connected to Ezekiel 5:16 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Ezekiel 4:16“Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, behold, I will break the staff of bread in Jerusalem: and they shall eat bread by weight, and with care; and they shall drink water by measure, and with astonishment:”Deuteronomy 32:23“I will heap mischiefs upon them; I will spend mine arrows upon them.”Leviticus 26:26“And when I have broken the staff of your bread, ten women shall bake your bread in one oven, and they shall deliver you your bread again by weight: and ye shall eat, and not be satisfied.”Lamentations 2:19“Arise, cry out in the night: in the beginning of the watches pour out thine heart like water before the face of the LORD: lift up thy hands toward him for the life of thy young children, that faint for hunger in the top of every street.”Ezekiel 14:13“Son of man, when the land sinneth against me by trespassing grievously, then will I stretch out mine hand upon it, and will break the staff of the bread thereof, and will send famine upon it, and will cut off man and beast from it:”2 Kings 6:25“And there was a great famine in Samaria: and, behold, they besieged it, until an ass’s head was sold for fourscore pieces of silver, and the fourth part of a cab of dove’s dung for five pieces of silver.”Psalms 7:13“He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; he ordaineth his arrows against the persecutors.”Psalms 91:5“Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; nor for the arrow that flieth by day;”Isaiah 3:1“For, behold, the Lord, the LORD of hosts, doth take away from Jerusalem and from Judah the stay and the staff, the whole stay of bread, and the whole stay of water.”Lamentations 1:11“All her people sigh, they seek bread; they have given their pleasant things for meat to relieve the soul: see, O LORD, and consider; for I am become vile.”Lamentations 3:12“He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.”Psalms 104:15“And wine that maketh glad the heart of man, and oil to make his face to shine, and bread which strengtheneth man’s heart.”
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