Ezekiel 4:10

Eze 4:10 And thy meat which thou shalt eat [shall be] by weight, twenty shekels a day: from time to time shalt thou eat it.

Ver. 10. Twenty shekels a day. ] Five ounces, or ten at most; not prisoners’ pittance, qua proinde per diem trahitur magis anima quam sustentatur. See this complained of, Lamentations 1:11 ; Lamentations 1:19 ; Lamentations 2:11-12 ; Lamentations 2:19-20 ; Lamentations 4:4 ; Lamentations 4:9-10 ; Lamentations 5:6 ; Lamentations 5:9-10 . They had sinned in excess, and now they are punished with cleanness of teeth. The famine of the word is far worse.