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Ezekiel 4:17

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible · John Gill (1697–1771) · Public Domain

That they may want bread and water,.... Or, "because they shall want" &c. therefore they shall eat the one, and drink the other, by weight; or they shall do this till there shall be none to eat and drink:and be astonished one with another; when they shall find they cannot relieve one another; and not knowing what method to take for the support of nature:and consume away for their iniquity; their flesh upon them black through famine, putrid and noisome; and they wasting, pining, and consuming; reduced to skin and bones; and disagreeable to look upon; and all because of their sins and iniquities.

Neml "eo quod", Munster, Vatablus; "propterea", Tigurine version.

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