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27 and say, ‘Thus says the king, (A)“Put this fellow in prison and feed him meagre rations of bread and water, (B)until I come in peace.”’”

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It is in vain that you rise up early
    and go late to rest,
eating the bread of anxious (A)toil;
    for he gives to his (B)beloved (C)sleep.

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10 And your food that you eat shall be (A)by weight, (B)twenty shekels[a] a day; from day to day[b] you shall eat it. 11 And water you shall drink (C)by measure, the sixth part of a hin;[c] from day to day you shall drink.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 4:10 A shekel was about 2/5 of an ounce or 11 grams
  2. Ezekiel 4:10 Or at a set time daily; also verse 11
  3. Ezekiel 4:11 A hin was about 4 quarts or 3.5 litres