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Ezekiel 24:17
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The Prophet’s Wife Dies

15 Also the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
16 “Son of man, behold, I take away from you the desire of your eyes with one stroke; yet you shall aneither mourn nor weep, nor shall your tears run down.  
17 Sigh in silence, amake no mourning for the dead; bbind your turban on your head, and cput your sandals on your feet; ddo not cover your lips, and do not eat man’s bread of sorrow.”  
18 So I spoke to the people in the morning, and at evening my wife died; and the next morning I did as I was commanded.
19 And the people said to me, a“Will you not tell us what these things signify to us, that you behave so?”  
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: ‘Behold, aI will profane My sanctuary, your arrogant boast, the desire of your eyes, the2 delight of your soul; band your sons and daughters whom you left behind shall fall by the sword.  
22 And you shall do as I have done; ayou shall not cover your lips nor eat man’s bread of sorrow.  
23 Your turbans shall be on your heads and your sandals on your feet; ayou shall neither mourn nor weep, but byou shall pine away in your iniquities and mourn with one another.  
24 Thus aEzekiel is a sign to you; according to all that he has done you shall do; band when this comes, cyou shall know that I am the Lord God.’ ”  
25 ‘And you, son of man—will it not be in the day when I take from them atheir stronghold, their joy and their glory, the desire of their eyes, and1 that on which they set their minds, their sons and their daughters:  
26 that on that day aone who escapes will come to you to let you hear it with your ears?  
Commentaries:
John Wesley's Notes
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Ezekiel 24:17

Bind the tire - Adorn thy head, as thou wast used to do; go not bare - headed as a mourner. Thy shoes - ln great mournings the Jews went bare - footed. Cover not thy lips - It was a custom among them to cover the upper lip. Eat not - Of thy neighbours and friends, who were wont to visit their mourning friends, and send in choice provision to their houses.




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