Ezekiel 12:18
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Ezekiel 12:18 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Ezekiel 12:18 is a verse from the book of Ezekiel in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "Son of man, eat thy bread with quaking, and drink thy water with trembling and with carefulness;" Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Ezekiel 12:18 — KJV
“Son of man, eat thy bread with quaking, and drink thy water with trembling and with carefulness;”
— Ezekiel 12:18 (KJV)
Ezekiel 12:18 in Context — About the Book of Ezekiel
Ezekiel saw heaven opened from a refugee camp in Babylon — wheels of fire, a valley of dry bones rattling to life, and a river flowing from God's temple that heals everything it touches. His message: God's glory departs from sin but returns with resurrection power and a brand-new heart.
Cross-References for Ezekiel 12:18
“Then Ezra rose up from before the house of God, and went into the chamber of Johanan the son of Eliashib: and when he came thither, he did eat no bread, nor drink water: for he mourned because of the transgression of them that had been carried away.”
Shares key themes with Ezekiel 12:18: son, eat, bread
“Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, behold, I will break the staff of bread in Jerusalem: and they shall eat bread by weight, and with care; and they shall drink water by measure, and with astonishment:”
Shares key themes with Ezekiel 12:18: son, eat, bread
“And he was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights; he did neither eat bread, nor drink water. And he wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the ten commandments. commandments: Heb. words”
Shares key themes with Ezekiel 12:18: eat, bread, drink
“When I was gone up into the mount to receive the tables of stone, even the tables of the covenant which the LORD made with you, then I abode in the mount forty days and forty nights, I neither did eat bread nor drink water:”
Shares key themes with Ezekiel 12:18: eat, bread, drink
“And I fell down before the LORD, as at the first, forty days and forty nights: I did neither eat bread, nor drink water, because of all your sins which ye sinned, in doing wickedly in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger.”
Shares key themes with Ezekiel 12:18: eat, bread, drink
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