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Ezekiel 24:15-27
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The Death of Ezekiel’s Wife

15 Also the word of the Lord came to me, saying: 16 Son of man, I am about to take away from you the desire of your eyes with a stroke. Yet you shall not mourn or weep, nor shall your tears run down. 17 Groan silently. Make no mourning for the dead. Bind on your turban and put your shoes on your feet and do not cover your mustache and do not eat the bread of men.

18 So I spoke to the people in the morning, and in the evening my wife died. And in the morning I did as I was commanded.

19 And the people said to me, “Will you not tell us what these things mean for us, that you are behaving this way?”

20 Then I answered them: The word of the Lord came to me, saying: 21 Speak to the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord God: I will profane My sanctuary, the pride of your strength, the desire of your eyes and the delight of your soul. And your sons and your daughters whom you have left behind shall fall by the sword. 22 You shall do as I have done. You shall not cover your mustache, nor will you eat the bread of men. 23 Your turbans shall be on your heads, and your shoes on your feet. You shall not mourn or weep. But you shall pine away for your iniquities and groan toward one another. 24 Thus Ezekiel is a sign to you. According to all that he has done you shall do. And when it comes about, then you shall know that I am the Lord God.

25 As for you, son of man, shall it not be on the day when I take from them their strength, the joy of their glory, the desire of their eyes, and that on which they set their minds, their sons and their daughters, 26 that on that day he who escapes shall come to you to cause you to hear it with your ears? 27 On that day your mouth shall be opened to him who escaped, and you shall speak and be mute no more. Thus you shall be a sign to them. And they shall know that I am the Lord.

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Ezekiel 24:15-27
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15 And the word of Yahweh came[a] to me, saying,[b] 16 “Son of man,[c] look! I am taking from you what is pleasing to your eyes with a plague,[d] but you shall not mourn, and you shall not weep, and your tears shall not run down. 17 Sigh in silence for the dead; you shall not make a mourning ceremony. Bind your turban on you, and you must put your sandals on your feet. You must not cover your upper lip,[e] and the bread of mourners[f] you shall not eat.” 18 And I spoke to the people in the morning, and my wife died in the evening, and I did in the morning just as[g] I was commanded. 19 And the people said to me, “Will you not make known to us what these things that you are doing mean for us?” 20 And I said to them that the word of Yahweh came[h] to me, saying,[i] 21 “Say to the house of Israel, ‘Thus says the Lord Yahweh: “Look! I will be profaning my sanctuary, the pride of your strength and the delight of your eyes and the object of your own[j] affection; and your sons and your daughters whom you left behind will fall by the sword, 22 and you shall do just as[k] I did: You shall not cover your upper lip,[l] and you shall not eat the bread of mourners.[m] 23 And your turban must be on your heads, and your sandals must be on your feet. You shall not mourn, and you shall not weep, but you shall waste away because of your iniquities, and you shall groan to one another.[n] 24 And Ezekiel will be to you as a sign; everything that he did[o] you shall do; and when it comes you will know that I am the Lord Yahweh.

25 “And you, son of man,[p] will it not be that on the day when I take from them[q] their stronghold, the joy of their glory, the delight of their eyes, and the longing of their inner self,[r] their sons and daughters— 26 on that day a survivor will come to you with the news.[s] 27 On that day your mouth shall be opened at the arrival of the fugitive,[t] and you shall speak, and you shall not be silent any longer, and you shall be to them as a sign, and they will know that I am Yahweh.”

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 24:15 Literally “was”
  2. Ezekiel 24:15 Literally “to say”
  3. Ezekiel 24:16 Literally “to say”
  4. Ezekiel 24:16 Or “blow”
  5. Ezekiel 24:17 Or “your mustache” (NASB)
  6. Ezekiel 24:17 Literally “men”
  7. Ezekiel 24:18 Literally “as that”
  8. Ezekiel 24:20 Literally “was”
  9. Ezekiel 24:20 Literally “to say”
  10. Ezekiel 24:21 Or “souls’,” or “selves’”
  11. Ezekiel 24:22 Literally “as that”
  12. Ezekiel 24:22 Or “mustache”
  13. Ezekiel 24:22 Literally “men”
  14. Ezekiel 24:23 Literally “a man to his brother”
  15. Ezekiel 24:24 Literally “like all that he did”
  16. Ezekiel 24:25 Or “mortal,” or “son of humankind”
  17. Ezekiel 24:25 Literally “on the day of to take me from them”
  18. Ezekiel 24:25 Or “soul”
  19. Ezekiel 24:26 Literally “with a message for ears”
  20. Ezekiel 24:27 Literally “with the fugitive”; or “to the one who has escaped” (NRSV; cf. NASB)
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