Ezekiel 24:19-21

Expanded Bible

¹⁹ Then the people asked me, “·Tell [^LWon’t you tell…?] us, what do the things you are doing mean for us?”

²⁰ Then I said to them, “The ·Lord spoke his word [^Lword of the Lord came] to me. He said, ²¹ ‘Say to the ·people [^Lhouse] of Israel, This is what the Lord God says: I am going to ·dishonor [desecrate; profane; ^Critually] my ·Temple [sanctuary]. ·You are proud of the strength it gives you [^L…the pride of your power] and ·you look at it with love and tenderness [^L…the delight of your eyes and the desire of your soul]. But your sons and daughters that you left behind in Jerusalem will fall dead by the sword.