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# I am breaking the staff of bread in Jerusalem
"I will stop the supply of food to Jerusalem"
# the staff of bread
"the supply of food". The supply is called a staff because some people need a staff to walk and do their work, and people need bread to live. Bread represents all kinds of food.
# they will eat bread while rationing it in anxiety
"they will carefully divide their bread because they fear that there will not be enough"
# while rationing it in anxiety
"while being anxious and rationing it" or "while rationing it anxiously"
# rationing
giving small amounts of something of which there is not enough to many people
# while rationing it in horror
"while being afraid and rationing it" or "while rationing it fearfully"