“Moreover he said to me, “Son of man, behold, I will break the staff of bread in Jerusalem. They will eat bread by weight, and with fearfulness. They will drink water by measure, and in dismay;”

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Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.