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Text -- Ezekiel 24:15-27 (NET)
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Ezekiel’s Wife Dies
24:15 The word of Lord came to me:
24:16 “Son of man , realize that I am about to take the delight of your eyes away from you with a jolt , but you must not mourn or weep or shed tears .
24:17 Groan in silence for the dead , but do not perform mourning rites. Bind on your turban and put your sandals on your feet . Do not cover your lip and do not eat food brought by others .”
24:18 So I spoke to the people in the morning , and my wife died in the evening . In the morning I acted just as I was commanded .
24:19 Then the people said to me, “Will you not tell us what these things you are doing mean for us?”
24:20 So I said to them: “The word of the Lord came to me:
24:21 Say to the house of Israel , ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says : Realize I am about to desecrate my sanctuary – the source of your confident pride , the object in which your eyes delight , and your life’s passion . Your very own sons and daughters whom you have left behind will die by the sword .
24:22 Then you will do as I have done : You will not cover your lip or eat food brought by others .
24:23 Your turbans will be on your heads and your sandals on your feet ; you will not mourn or weep , but you will rot for your iniquities and groan among yourselves .
24:24 Ezekiel will be an object lesson for you; you will do all that he has done . When it happens , then you will know that I am the sovereign Lord .’
24:25 “And you , son of man , this is what will happen on the day I take from them their stronghold – their beautiful source of joy , the object in which their eyes delight , and the main concern of their lives , as well as their sons and daughters :
24:26 On that day a fugitive will come to you to report the news .
24:27 On that day you will be able to speak again; you will talk with the fugitive and be silent no longer . You will be an object lesson for them, and they will know that I am the Lord .”
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Ezekiel |
Babylon |
EZEKIEL, 1 |
Israel |
Instruction |
Symbols and Similitudes |
Minister |
Tire |
Bereavement |
HEADDRESS |
Dress |
Bonnet |
Prophecy |
Mourning |
TIRE, HEADTIRE |
SHOE; SHOE-LATCHET |
Tires |
DECEASE, IN THE OLD TESTAMENT AND APOCYPHRA |
CRY, CRYING |
Shoe |
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NET Notes: Eze 24:17 Heb “the bread of men.” The translation follows the suggestion accepted by M. Greenberg (Ezekiel [AB], 2:509) that this refers to a meal b...
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NET Notes: Eze 24:18 This may refer to the following morning. For a discussion of various interpretive options in understanding the chronology reflected in verse 18, see D...
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NET Notes: Eze 24:23 Or “in your punishment.” The phrase “in/for [a person’s] iniquity/punishment” occurs fourteen times in Ezekiel: here; 3:...
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NET Notes: Eze 24:25 In the Hebrew text there is no conjunction before “their sons and daughters.” For this reason one might assume that the preceding descript...
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