Study it in the app“And he said to me, “Son of man, look, I am breaking the staff of bread in Jerusalem, and they will eat bread by weight and with anxiety, and water by measure and appalled they will drink,”
And he saidוַיֹּאמֶרto me,אֵלַי“Sonבֶּןof man,אָדָםlook, Iהִנְנִיam breakingשֹׁבֵרthe staffמַטֵּהof breadלֶחֶםin Jerusalem,בִּירוּשָׁלִַםand they will eatוְאָכְלוּbreadלֶחֶםby weightבְּמִשְׁקָלand with anxiety,וּבִדְאָגָהand waterוּמַיִםby measureבִּמְשׂוּרָהand appalledוּבְשִׁמָּמוֹןthey will drink,יִשְׁתּוּ
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appearshuman being
Literally "son of Adam": any person, a mortal.
Where else “ben” appearshuman being
All humankind, men and women, as creatures God formed.
Where else “adam” appearsbreak
To break something to pieces.
Where else “shover” appearsstaff
A straight stick used for support, as a weapon or as a sign of authority.
Where else “mate” appearsbread
Food made of kneaded, baked flour: the basis of each day's meal.
Where else “lechem” appearsJerusalem
See it on the mapWhere else “yrushalaim” appearseat
To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.
Where else “achlu” appearsweight
Weight; weighing.
Where else “mishkal” appearsanxiety
Anxiety, worry about what may happen.
Where else “deaga” appearswater
Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.
Where else “mayim” appearsliquid measure
A measure for liquids.
Where else “mesura” appearshorror
Horror, being stunned with dread.
Where else “shimamon” appearsdrink
Drink.
Where else “yishtu” appears“The staff of bread”: bread as the support of life, like a staff on which one leans.
Jerusalem
Today: Old City of Jerusalem
A city in the hills of Judea, about 22 miles (35 km) west of the Dead Sea and 35 miles (55 km) east of the Mediterranean.
David took it and made it his city (2 Sam 5:7); Solomon built the temple there (1 Kgs 8:1). Jesus was presented there, and the apostles' witness began from it (Luke 2:22; Acts 1:8).
15And he said to me, “See, I have given you the dung of cattle instead of the dung of humans, and you will make your bread on it.”
16 · This verse (above)
17so that they will lack bread and water, and be appalled, one with another, and waste away in their iniquity.”
