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They will be appalled at the sight of each other and will waste away because of their sin.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/ezekiel/4.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Lacking food and water, people will look at one another in terror, and they will waste away under their punishment.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/ezekiel/4.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />I will do this that they may lack bread and water, and look at one another in dismay, and rot away because of their punishment.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/ezekiel/4.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />So they will lack food and water; they will be appalled at the sight of one another wasting away in their iniquity.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/ezekiel/4.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />That they may want bread and water, and be astonied one with another, and consume away for their iniquity.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/ezekiel/4.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />that they may lack bread and water, and be dismayed with one another, and waste away because of their iniquity.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/ezekiel/4.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />because bread and water will be scarce; and they will tremble with one another and waste away in their guilt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/ezekiel/4.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />because bread and water will be scarce; and they will be appalled with one another and waste away in their iniquity.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/ezekiel/4.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />because bread and water will be scarce; and they will be appalled with one another and waste away in their iniquity.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/ezekiel/4.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />because bread and water will be lacking; and they will be in desolation with one another and rot away in their iniquity.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/ezekiel/4.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />because bread and water will be scarce; and they will look at one another in dismay and waste away [in punishment] for their wickedness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/ezekiel/4.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />for lack of bread and water. Everyone will be devastated and waste away because of their iniquity.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/ezekiel/4.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />So they will lack bread and water; everyone will be devastated and waste away because of their iniquity.&#8221 <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/ezekiel/4.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />that they may want bread and water, and be dismayed one with another, and pine away in their iniquity.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/ezekiel/4.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Everyone will be shocked at what is happening, and, because of their sins, they will die a slow death." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/ezekiel/4.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />that they may want bread and water, and be astonied one with another, and pine away in their iniquity.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/ezekiel/4.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />They will be shocked at the sight of each other because of the lack of food and water. They will waste away because of their sin."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/ezekiel/4.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />They will run out of bread and water; they will be in despair, and they will waste away because of their sins." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/ezekiel/4.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Indeed, they'll need bread and water, but everyone will be panic-stricken as they waste away in their iniquity."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/ezekiel/4.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />So they will lack food and water; they will be appalled at the sight of one another wasting away in their iniquity.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/ezekiel/4.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />because they will lack bread and water. Each one will be terrified, and they will rot for their iniquity. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/ezekiel/4.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />that they may want bread and water, and be dismayed one with another, and pine away in their iniquity.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/ezekiel/4.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />That they may want bread and water, and be astonished one with another, and consume away for their iniquity.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/ezekiel/4.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />that they may lack bread and water, be dismayed one with another, and pine away in their iniquity. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/ezekiel/4.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />so that they lack bread and water, and have been astonished with one another, and been consumed in their iniquity.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/ezekiel/4.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> so that they lack bread and water, and have been astonished one with another, and been consumed in their iniquity.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/ezekiel/4.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />So that they shall want bread and water, and they were astonished, a man and his brother, and they were melted in their iniquity.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/ezekiel/4.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />So that when bread and water fail, every man may fall against his brother, and they may pine away in their iniquities. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/ezekiel/4.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />So then, when bread and water fail, each one may fall against his brother. And they shall waste away in their iniquities.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/ezekiel/4.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Because they lack bread and water they shall be devastated; each and every one will waste away because of their guilt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/ezekiel/4.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Lacking bread and water, they will look at one another in dismay, and waste away under their punishment.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/ezekiel/4.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And they shall lack bread and water, and they shall perish one with another, and shall be consumed in their iniquity.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/ezekiel/4.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And they shall be needy for bread and for water, and a man and his brothers shall come to an end, and they shall be consumed in their evil <div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/ezekiel/4.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />that they may want bread and water, and be appalled one with another, and pine away in their iniquity.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/ezekiel/4.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />that they may want bread and water; and a man and his brother shall be brought to ruin, and they shall pine away in their iniquities.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/ezekiel/4-17.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/vET3Gmwku4s?start=877" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/ezekiel/4.htm">The Defiled Bread</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">16</span>Then He told me, “Son of man, I am going to cut off the supply of food in Jerusalem. They will anxiously eat bread rationed by weight, and in despair they will drink water by measure. <span class="reftext">17</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/4616.htm" title="4616: lə·ma·‘an (Conj) -- From anah; properly, heed, i.e. Purpose; used only adverbially, on account of, teleologically, in order that.">So</a> <a href="/hebrew/2637.htm" title="2637: yaḥ·sə·rū (V-Qal-Imperf-3mp) -- To lack, need, be lacking, decrease. A primitive root; to lack; by implication, to fail, want, lessen.">they will lack</a> <a href="/hebrew/3899.htm" title="3899: le·ḥem (N-ms) -- Bread, food. From lacham; food, especially bread, or grain.">food</a> <a href="/hebrew/4325.htm" title="4325: wā·mā·yim (Conj-w:: N-mp) -- Waters, water. Dual of a primitive noun; water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen.">and water;</a> <a href="/hebrew/8074.htm" title="8074: wə·nā·šam·mū (Conj-w:: V-Nifal-ConjPerf-3cp) -- To be desolated or appalled. A primitive root; to stun, i.e. Devastate or stupefy.">they will be appalled</a> <a href="/hebrew/376.htm" title="376: ’îš (N-ms) -- Man. Contracted for 'enowsh; a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term.">at the sight of one</a> <a href="/hebrew/251.htm" title="251: wə·’ā·ḥîw (Conj-w:: N-msc:: 3ms) -- A brother. A primitive word; a brother (like 'ab).">another</a> <a href="/hebrew/4743.htm" title="4743: wə·nā·maq·qū (Conj-w:: V-Nifal-ConjPerf-3cp) -- To decay, rot, fester, pine away. A primitive root; to melt; figuratively, to flow, dwindle, vanish.">wasting away</a> <a href="/hebrew/5771.htm" title="5771: ba·‘ă·wō·nām (Prep-b:: N-csc:: 3mp) -- Iniquity, guilt, punishment for iniquity. Or oavown; from avah; perversity, i.e. evil.">in their iniquity.</a> </span><div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/26-26.htm">Leviticus 26:26</a></span><br />When I cut off your supply of bread, ten women will bake your bread in a single oven and dole out your bread by weight, so that you will eat but not be satisfied.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/3-1.htm">Isaiah 3:1</a></span><br />For behold, the Lord GOD of Hosts is about to remove from Jerusalem and Judah both supply and support: the whole supply of food and water,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/14-1.htm">Jeremiah 14:1-6</a></span><br />This is the word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah concerning the drought: / “Judah mourns and her gates languish. Her people wail for the land, and a cry goes up from Jerusalem. / The nobles send their servants for water; they go to the cisterns, but find no water; their jars return empty. They are ashamed and humiliated; they cover their heads. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/lamentations/4-4.htm">Lamentations 4:4-10</a></span><br />The nursing infant’s tongue clings in thirst to the roof of his mouth. Little children beg for bread, but no one gives them any. / Those who once ate delicacies are destitute in the streets; those brought up in crimson huddle in ash heaps. / The punishment of the daughter of my people is greater than that of Sodom, which was overthrown in an instant without a hand turned to help her. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/amos/4-6.htm">Amos 4:6</a></span><br />“I afflicted all your cities with cleanness of teeth and all your towns with lack of bread, yet you did not return to Me,” declares the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/28-48.htm">Deuteronomy 28:48</a></span><br />you will serve your enemies the LORD will send against you in famine, thirst, nakedness, and destitution. He will place an iron yoke on your neck until He has destroyed you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/6-25.htm">2 Kings 6:25</a></span><br />So there was a great famine in Samaria. Indeed, they besieged the city so long that a donkey’s head sold for eighty shekels of silver, and a quarter cab of dove’s dung sold for five shekels of silver.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/105-16.htm">Psalm 105:16</a></span><br />He called down famine on the land and cut off all their supplies of food.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/9-20.htm">Isaiah 9:20</a></span><br />They carve out what is on the right, but they are still hungry; they eat what is on the left, but they are still not satisfied. Each one devours the flesh of his own offspring.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/15-2.htm">Jeremiah 15:2</a></span><br />If they ask you, ‘Where shall we go?’ you are to tell them that this is what the LORD says: ‘Those destined for death, to death; those destined for the sword, to the sword; those destined for famine, to famine; and those destined for captivity, to captivity.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/lamentations/5-9.htm">Lamentations 5:9-10</a></span><br />We get our bread at the risk of our lives because of the sword in the wilderness. / Our skin is as hot as an oven with fever from our hunger.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/24-7.htm">Matthew 24:7</a></span><br />Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/21-11.htm">Luke 21:11</a></span><br />There will be great earthquakes, famines, and pestilences in various places, along with fearful sights and great signs from heaven.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/6-5.htm">Revelation 6:5-6</a></span><br />And when the Lamb opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature say, “Come!” Then I looked and saw a black horse, and its rider held in his hand a pair of scales. / And I heard what sounded like a voice from among the four living creatures, saying, “A quart of wheat for a denarius, and three quarts of barley for a denarius, and do not harm the oil and wine.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/13-8.htm">Mark 13:8</a></span><br />Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be earthquakes in various places, as well as famines. These are the beginning of birth pains.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">That they may want bread and water, and be astonished one with another, and consume away for their iniquity.</p><p class="hdg">and consume</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/24-23.htm">Ezekiel 24:23</a></b></br> And your tires <i>shall be</i> upon your heads, and your shoes upon your feet: ye shall not mourn nor weep; but ye shall pine away for your iniquities, and mourn one toward another.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/26-39.htm">Leviticus 26:39</a></b></br> And they that are left of you shall pine away in their iniquity in your enemies' lands; and also in the iniquities of their fathers shall they pine away with them.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/ezekiel/3-15.htm">Appalled</a> <a href="/ezekiel/3-15.htm">Astonied</a> <a href="/ezekiel/3-15.htm">Astonished</a> <a href="/ezekiel/4-16.htm">Bread</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-32.htm">Consume</a> <a href="/lamentations/4-17.htm">Consumed</a> <a href="/ezekiel/4-16.htm">Dismay</a> <a href="/ezekiel/3-9.htm">Dismayed</a> <a href="/ezekiel/3-11.htm">Fail</a> <a href="/ezekiel/4-16.htm">Food</a> <a href="/ezekiel/4-6.htm">Iniquity</a> <a href="/lamentations/4-9.htm">Lack</a> <a href="/lamentations/5-10.htm">Need</a> <a href="/lamentations/4-9.htm">Pine</a> <a href="/ezekiel/4-6.htm">Punishment</a> <a href="/isaiah/40-24.htm">Scarce</a> <a href="/ezekiel/4-12.htm">Sight</a> <a href="/lamentations/4-9.htm">Want</a> <a href="/ezekiel/4-15.htm">Waste</a> <a href="/lamentations/4-17.htm">Wasting</a> <a href="/ezekiel/4-16.htm">Water</a> <a href="/isaiah/63-5.htm">Wondering</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/ezekiel/19-7.htm">Appalled</a> <a href="/daniel/3-24.htm">Astonied</a> <a href="/ezekiel/26-16.htm">Astonished</a> <a href="/ezekiel/5-16.htm">Bread</a> <a href="/ezekiel/7-15.htm">Consume</a> <a href="/ezekiel/5-12.htm">Consumed</a> <a href="/ezekiel/7-27.htm">Dismay</a> <a href="/ezekiel/26-18.htm">Dismayed</a> <a href="/ezekiel/30-6.htm">Fail</a> <a href="/ezekiel/5-10.htm">Food</a> <a href="/ezekiel/7-13.htm">Iniquity</a> <a href="/ezekiel/34-5.htm">Lack</a> <a href="/ezekiel/5-17.htm">Need</a> <a href="/ezekiel/24-23.htm">Pine</a> <a href="/ezekiel/5-8.htm">Punishment</a> <a href="/acts/14-18.htm">Scarce</a> <a href="/ezekiel/5-8.htm">Sight</a> <a href="/ezekiel/20-32.htm">Want</a> <a href="/ezekiel/5-14.htm">Waste</a> <a href="/ezekiel/24-23.htm">Wasting</a> <a href="/ezekiel/7-17.htm">Water</a> <a href="/mark/5-20.htm">Wondering</a><div class="vheading2">Ezekiel 4</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/4-1.htm">Under type of a siege is shown the time from the defection of Jeroboam to captivity</a></span><br><span class="reftext">9. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/4-9.htm">By the provision of the siege, is shown the hardness of the famine</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading"><a href="/study/ezekiel/4.htm">Berean Study Bible</a></div><b>So they will lack food and water</b><br />This phrase highlights the dire consequences of disobedience to God. The Hebrew root for "lack" is "ḥāsēr," which conveys a sense of deficiency or want. In the historical context of Ezekiel, this prophecy was a warning to the Israelites of the impending siege of Jerusalem, where scarcity of resources would be a harsh reality. The lack of food and water symbolizes not only physical deprivation but also spiritual famine, as turning away from God leads to a lack of spiritual nourishment.<p><b>they will be appalled at the sight of one another</b><br />The word "appalled" comes from the Hebrew "šāmēm," which means to be desolate or astonished. This phrase paints a vivid picture of the horror and disbelief that will grip the people as they witness the effects of their collective sin. The sight of one another in such a destitute state serves as a mirror reflecting the consequences of their iniquity. Historically, this would have been a common reaction during sieges, where the breakdown of social order and the visible suffering of neighbors would be shocking and disheartening.<p><b>and waste away in their iniquity</b><br />The phrase "waste away" is derived from the Hebrew "māqaq," indicating decay or dissolution. This is a powerful metaphor for the spiritual and physical deterioration that results from persistent sin. "Iniquity" here refers to moral perversity or guilt, emphasizing the just nature of God's judgment. Theologically, this serves as a sobering reminder of the wages of sin, as described in <a href="/romans/6-23.htm">Romans 6:23</a>. The historical context of Ezekiel's prophecy underscores the reality that turning away from God's commandments leads to inevitable decline and destruction.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/ezekiel/4.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 17.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Consume away for their iniquity,</span> etc. Another echo from the book which had entered so largely into the prophet's education (see <a href="/leviticus/26-39.htm">Leviticus 26:39</a>, where the Hebrew for "pine" is the same as that here rendered "consume"). To the wretchedness of physical privation there was to be added the consciousness of the sufferers that it was caused by their own evil deeds. <p> <p> <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/ezekiel/4-17.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">So</span><br /><span class="heb">לְמַ֥עַן</span> <span class="translit">(lə·ma·‘an)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4616.htm">Strong's 4616: </a> </span><span class="str2">Purpose -- intent</span><br /><br /><span class="word">they will lack</span><br /><span class="heb">יַחְסְר֖וּ</span> <span class="translit">(yaḥ·sə·rū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2637.htm">Strong's 2637: </a> </span><span class="str2">To lack, need, be lacking, decrease</span><br /><br /><span class="word">food</span><br /><span class="heb">לֶ֣חֶם</span> <span class="translit">(le·ḥem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3899.htm">Strong's 3899: </a> </span><span class="str2">Food, bread, grain</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and water;</span><br /><span class="heb">וָמָ֑יִם</span> <span class="translit">(wā·mā·yim)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4325.htm">Strong's 4325: </a> </span><span class="str2">Water, juice, urine, semen</span><br /><br /><span class="word">they will be appalled</span><br /><span class="heb">וְנָשַׁ֙מּוּ֙</span> <span class="translit">(wə·nā·šam·mū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8074.htm">Strong's 8074: </a> </span><span class="str2">To stun, devastate, stupefy</span><br /><br /><span class="word">[over the sight of] one</span><br /><span class="heb">אִ֣ישׁ</span> <span class="translit">(’îš)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_376.htm">Strong's 376: </a> </span><span class="str2">A man as an individual, a male person</span><br /><br /><span class="word">another</span><br /><span class="heb">וְאָחִ֔יו</span> <span class="translit">(wə·’ā·ḥîw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_251.htm">Strong's 251: </a> </span><span class="str2">A brother, )</span><br /><br /><span class="word">wasting away</span><br /><span class="heb">וְנָמַ֖קּוּ</span> <span class="translit">(wə·nā·maq·qū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4743.htm">Strong's 4743: </a> </span><span class="str2">To melt, to flow, dwindle, vanish</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in their iniquity.</span><br /><span class="heb">בַּעֲוֺנָֽם׃</span> <span class="translit">(ba·‘ă·wō·nām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - common singular construct | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5771.htm">Strong's 5771: </a> </span><span class="str2">Iniquity, guilt, punishment for iniquity</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/ezekiel/4-17.htm">Ezekiel 4:17 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/ezekiel/4-17.htm">Ezekiel 4:17 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/ezekiel/4-17.htm">Ezekiel 4:17 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/ezekiel/4-17.htm">Ezekiel 4:17 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/ezekiel/4-17.htm">Ezekiel 4:17 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/ezekiel/4-17.htm">Ezekiel 4:17 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/ezekiel/4-17.htm">Ezekiel 4:17 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/ezekiel/4-17.htm">Ezekiel 4:17 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/ezekiel/4-17.htm">Ezekiel 4:17 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/ezekiel/4-17.htm">Ezekiel 4:17 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/ezekiel/4-17.htm">OT Prophets: Ezekiel 4:17 That they may want bread and water (Ezek. 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