Ezekiel 24:15-27
Lexham English Bible
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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- Ezekiel 24:15 Literally “was”
- Ezekiel 24:15 Literally “to say”
- Ezekiel 24:16 Literally “to say”
- Ezekiel 24:16 Or “blow”
- Ezekiel 24:17 Or “your mustache” (NASB)
- Ezekiel 24:17 Literally “men”
- Ezekiel 24:18 Literally “as that”
- Ezekiel 24:20 Literally “was”
- Ezekiel 24:20 Literally “to say”
- Ezekiel 24:21 Or “souls’,” or “selves’”
- Ezekiel 24:22 Literally “as that”
- Ezekiel 24:22 Or “mustache”
- Ezekiel 24:22 Literally “men”
- Ezekiel 24:23 Literally “a man to his brother”
- Ezekiel 24:24 Literally “like all that he did”
- Ezekiel 24:25 Or “mortal,” or “son of humankind”
- Ezekiel 24:25 Literally “on the day of to take me from them”
- Ezekiel 24:25 Or “soul”
- Ezekiel 24:26 Literally “with a message for ears”
- Ezekiel 24:27 Literally “with the fugitive”; or “to the one who has escaped” (NRSV; cf. NASB)
Ezekiel 24:15-27
Common English Bible
Ezekiel’s wife dies
15 The Lord’s word came to me: 16 Human one, I am about to take the delight of your eyes away from you in a single stroke. Don’t mourn or weep. Don’t even let your tears well up. 17 Sigh inwardly; be deathly still. Don’t perform mourning rites, but bind on your turban and put your shoes on your feet. And don’t cover your upper lip or eat in human company.
18 I spoke with the people in the morning, and by evening my wife was dead. The next morning I did as I was commanded. 19 The people asked, “Won’t you tell us what your actions mean for us?”
20 So I said to them, The Lord’s word came to me: 21 Say to the house of Israel, the Lord God proclaims: I’m about to make my sanctuary impure, the pride of your strength, the delight of your eyes. Your heart’s desire, the sons and daughters you left behind, will fall by the sword. 22 You will do as I have done. You will neither cover your upper lip nor eat in human company. 23 Your turbans will be on your heads, your sandals on your feet. You won’t mourn or weep. You will waste away in your guilt, all of you groaning to each other. 24 Ezekiel is your sign. You will do everything that he has done. When this happens, you will know that I am the Lord God.
25 And you, human one: On the day that I take from them their proud stronghold—their crowning joy, the delight of their eyes—and their sons and daughters, whose fate weighs on them, 26 on that day, a refugee will come to you so that you yourself will hear the news. 27 On that day your mouth will be opened to the refugee, and you will speak and no longer be silent. You will be their sign, and they will know that I am the Lord.
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