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Ezekiel 12:18

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Son of man, eat thy bread with quaking, and drink thy water with trembling and with carefulness;
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  1. Lamentations 5:9Rank 1 from verse 18
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    9We gat our bread with the peril of our lives because of the sword of the wilderness.

  2. Deuteronomy 28:48Rank 2 from verse 18
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    48Therefore shalt thou serve thine enemies which the Lord shall send against thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in want of all things: and he shall put a yoke of iron upon thy neck, until he have destroyed thee.

  3. Deuteronomy 28:65Rank 3 from verse 18
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    65And among these nations shalt thou find no ease, neither shall the sole of thy foot have rest: but the Lord shall give thee there a trembling heart, and failing of eyes, and sorrow of mind:

  4. Ezekiel 4:16–17Rank 4 from verse 18
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    16Moreover 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:

    17That they may want bread and water, and be astonied one with another, and consume away for their iniquity.

  5. Job 3:24Rank 5 from verse 18
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    24For my sighing cometh before I eat, and my roarings are poured out like the waters.

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Ezekiel 12:18

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son

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1. A male child or descendant. 2. One belonging to, related to, or characterized by the person, people, place, condition, or quality named.

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man

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1. A human being or person. 2. Mankind collectively. 3. A male person.

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eat

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To take food into the body; to consume, devour, or waste away.

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water

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Sense 1: The common liquid necessary for life. Sense 2: As a verb, to supply with water, irrigate, or cause to drink.

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17¶ Moreover the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

18Son of man, eat thy bread with quaking, and drink thy water with trembling and with carefulness;

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19And say unto the people of the land, Thus saith the Lord God of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and of the land of Israel; They shall eat their bread with carefulness, and drink their water with astonishment, that her land may be desolate from all that is therein, because of the violence of all them that dwell therein.

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