Ezekiel 24:19-21

New International Reader's Version

¹⁹ Then the people said to me, “Tell us what these things have to do with us. Why are you acting like this?”

²⁰ So I told them. I said, “A message from the Lord came to me. The Lord said, ²¹ ‘Speak to the people of Israel. Tell them, “The Lord and King says, ‘I am about to make my temple “unclean.” I will let the Babylonians burn it down. It is the beautiful building you are so proud of. You take delight in it. You love it. The sons and daughters you left behind will be killed by swords.