diff --git a/ezk/04/17.md b/ezk/04/17.md
index f1ebc719c1..af0559a737 100644
--- a/ezk/04/17.md
+++ b/ezk/04/17.md
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-# every man will be dismayed at his brother and waste away
+# every man will be appalled at his brother
 
-Possible meanings are 1) "everyone will look at his brother and worry about how much food his brother eats and waste away" or 2) "every one of them will be dismayed and waste away" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-explicit]])
+Here the word "brother" simply refers to another person. Possible meanings are 1) "everyone will look at  his brother and worry that they are not eating enough " or 2) "every one of them will be dismayed" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-explicit]])
 
-# waste away
+# they will waste away
 
-The phrase "waste away" is usually used of flesh or wood rotting. Here it is a metaphor for wicked people becoming thin and dying because they have no food. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
+The phrase "waste away" is usually used of flesh or wood rotting. Here it is a metaphor for people becoming thin and dying because they have no food. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])