Son of man, eat thy bread with quaking, and drink thy water with trembling and with carefulness;
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Gill's Exposition
And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying. After he had been a sign unto the people, in the two instances above mentioned; and they had hardened themselves against the belief of the things…
Barnes' Notes
Here the sign is the exhibition of such terror as the danger of a siege creates.
Adam Clarke
Eat thy bread with quaking - Assume the manner of a person who is every moment afraid of his life, who has nothing but a morsel of bread to eat, and a little water to drink. Thus signifying the siege,…
Here again the prophet is made a sign to them of the desolations that were coming on Judah and Jerusalem. 1. He must himself eat and drink in care and fear, especially when he was in company, Eze…
Cambridge Bible
It is obvious that this symbol could not have been actually performed. Cf. ch. Eze 4:16.
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