1883 Haydock Douay Rheims Bible

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Ezekiel 4:16

And he said to me: Son of man: *Behold I will break in pieces the staff of bread in Jerusalem: and they shall eat bread by weight, and with care: and they shall drink water by measure, and in distress.

Ezechiel 5:16.; Ezechiel 14:13.

Staff. As this supports the weak, so bread nourishes all men, (Worthington) particularly the bread of life. (St. Jerome) --- Very little food, (Calmet) and that of a nauseous kind, (Haydock) would be found during the siege. (Calmet)