16 When I shall send upon them the [a]evil [b]arrows of famine, which shall be for their destruction, and which I will send to destroy you: and I will increase the famine upon you, and will break your staff of bread.

17 (A)So I will send upon you famine, and evil beasts, and they shall spoil thee: and pestilence and blood shall pass through thee: and I will bring the sword upon thee: I the Lord have spoken it.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 5:16 Or, dangerous.
  2. Ezekiel 5:16 Which were the grasshoppers, mildew, and whatsoever were occasions of famine.

16 When I shoot at you with my deadly and destructive arrows of famine, I will shoot to destroy you. I will bring more and more famine upon you and cut off your supply of food.(A) 17 I will send famine and wild beasts(B) against you, and they will leave you childless. Plague and bloodshed(C) will sweep through you, and I will bring the sword against you. I the Lord have spoken.(D)

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