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Ezekiel 24:21
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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?  
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Ezekiel 24:16-27

The death of Ezekiel' s wife took place in the evening of the same day that he delivered the foregoing prophecy. This event was to signify to the people that the Lord would take from them all that was most dear to them; and - owing to the extraordinary nature of the times - quiet lamentation for the dead, according to the usual forms of mourning, would be impossible.

Ezekiel 24:17

The priest in general was to mourn for his dead (Leviticus 21:1 ff); but Ezekiel was to be an exception to the rule. The "tire" was the priest' s mitre.

Eat not the bread of men - Food supplied for the comfort of the mourners.

Ezekiel 24:23

Pine away - Compare Leviticus 26:39. The outward signs of grief were a certain consolation. Their absence would indicate a heart-consuming sorrow.

Ezekiel 24:27

Ezekiel had been employed four years in foretelling the calamities about to come to pass. He had been utterly disregarded by the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and received with apparent respect but with real incredulity by those in exile. Now until the city had been actually taken, the voice of prophecy should cease, so far as God' s people were concerned. Hence the intervening series of predictions relating to neighboring and foreign nations Ezek. 25-32. After which the prophet' s voice was again heard addressing his countrymen in their exile. This accounts for the apparently parenthetical character of the next eight chapters.




Other Barnes' Notes entries containing Ezekiel 24:21:

Isaiah 61:3

 

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