Ezekiel 24:15-27
1599 Geneva Bible
15 ¶ Also the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,
16 Son of man, behold, I take away from thee the [a]pleasure of thine eyes with a plague: yet shalt thou neither mourn nor weep, neither shall thy tears run down.
17 Cease from sighing: make no mourning for the dead, and bind the tire of thine head upon thee, [b]and put on thy shoes upon thy feet, and cover not thy lips, and eat [c]not the bread of men.
18 So I spake unto the people in the morning, and at even my wife died: and I did in [d]the morning, as I was commanded.
19 And the people said unto me, Wilt thou not tell us what these things mean toward us that thou doest so?
20 Then I answered them, The word of the Lord came unto me, saying,
21 Speak unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord God, behold, I will [e]pollute my Sanctuary, even the [f]pride of your power, the pleasure of your eyes, and your heart’s desire, and your sons, and your daughters whom ye have left, shall fall by the sword.
22 And ye shall do as I have done: ye shall not cover your lips, neither shall ye eat the bread of men.
23 And your tire shall be upon your heads, and your shoes upon your feet: ye shall not mourn nor weep, but ye shall pine away for your iniquities, and mourn one toward another.
24 Thus Ezekiel is unto you a sign: according to all that he hath done, ye shall do: and when this cometh, ye shall know that I am the Lord God.
25 Also, thou son of man, shall it not be in the day when I take from them their power, the joy of their honor, the pleasure of their eyes, and the [g]desire of their heart, their sons and their daughters,
26 That he that escapeth in that day, shall come unto thee to tell thee that which he hath heard with his ears?
27 In that day shall thy mouth be opened to him which is escaped, and thou shalt speak, and be no more dumb, and thou shalt be a sign unto them, and they shall know that I am the Lord.
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- Ezekiel 24:16 Meaning, his wife, in whom he delighted, as verse 18.
- Ezekiel 24:17 For in mourning they went bareheaded and barefooted, and also covered their lips.
- Ezekiel 24:17 That is, which the neighbors sent to them that mourned.
- Ezekiel 24:18 Meaning, the morning following.
- Ezekiel 24:21 By sending the Chaldeans to destroy it, as Ezek. 7:22.
- Ezekiel 24:21 Wherein you boast and delight.
- Ezekiel 24:25 Hebrew, lifting up of their souls.
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