Ezekiel 5:16
When I shall send upon them the evil arrows of famine, which shall be for their destruction, and which I will send to destroy you: and I will increase the famine upon you, and will break your staff of bread:
Cross-reference
Ezekiel 4:16 already prophesied cutting off bread supply in Jerusalem—this verse reiterates that same famine judgment.
Ezekiel 14:13 also speaks of cutting off bread supply and sending famine for sin—a direct parallel to this judgment.
Leviticus 26:26 warns of cutting off bread supply so that food is scarce—the same covenant curse of famine.
In Deuteronomy 32:23, God's 'arrows' are disasters He heaps on the wicked—the same arrow imagery for judgment.
Deuteronomy 32:24 specifies hunger, pestilence, and beasts—directly paralleling the famine arrows sent here.
Psalm 7:13 depicts God's arrows as instruments of death—matching the 'terrible arrows of famine' imagery.
Psalm 91:5-7 promises protection from arrows and pestilence, contrasting with God sending these very arrows in judgment.
Isaiah 3:1 describes God removing all supply of bread from Jerusalem — a direct parallel to the broken supply of bread in this verse.
Lamentations 3:12 describes God making someone a target for His arrow—the same martial image of divine judgment.
Lamentations 1:11 shows people groaning and searching for bread during Jerusalem's fall — mirroring the famine judgment described here.
Lamentations 2:19 portrays children fainting from hunger at every street — fulfilling the famine and child-loss judgment in this verse.
In 2 Kings 6:25, severe famine during Samaria's siege parallels the 'deadly arrows of famine' sent as judgment here.
Psalm 104:15 celebrates bread that strengthens the heart — contrasting with God here removing bread as judgment.