John Gill Commentary Ezekiel 4:17

"that they may want bread and water, and be dismayed one with another, and pine away in their iniquity." — Ezekiel 4:17 (ASV)

That they may want bread and water
Or, "because they shall want" ^F12 &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.

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FOOTNOTES:

• F12: (Neml) "eo quod", Munster, Vatablus; "propterea", Tigurine version.