“Then he said to me.
‘Son of man!
I am going to break
The staff of bread
In Jerusalem.
They shall eat bread
By weight
With fearfulness.
They shall drink water
By measure
In dismay.
Lacking bread,
Lacking water,
They will look
At one another
In dismay.
They will waste away
Under their punishment.”
Meanwhile in Jerusalem, the siege meant a famine. Yahweh reminded Ezekiel, the son of man, of their plight. Those in Jerusalem were going to eat bread with fear. Their bread and water would be measured by weight. They would lack bread and water, as they would look at each other in great dismay. They were going to waste away under their punishment.
Eugene Finnegan Bible Project 