Ezekiel 5:17

So will I send upon you famine, and evil beasts ,.... Famine is repeated for the further confirmation of it; and "evil beasts" are added, by whom are meant, not the Chaldeans, comparable to such; but literally lions, wolves, hears, &c.; which are threatened the Jews, in case of disobedience, Leviticus 26:22 ; and which sometimes were sent, 2 Kings 17:24 ;

and they shall bereave thee ; that is, of her children, whom the evil beasts should destroy; they not being able to defend themselves against them, as men can:

and pestilence and blood shall pass through thee, and I will bring the sword upon thee ; the pestilence, famine, sword, which is meant by blood, and evil beasts, are the Lord's four sore judgments; see Ezekiel 14:21 .

I the Lord have spoken it : who was able to perform it, and did, both at the destruction of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar and by Titus.