Ezekiel 24:18

Ezekiel 24:18 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)So I spake unto the people in the morning: and at even my wife died; and I did in the morning as I was commanded.
• New International Version (NIV)So I spoke to the people in the morning, and in the evening my wife died. The next morning I did as I had been commanded.
• English Standard Version (ESV)So I spoke to the people in the morning, and at evening my wife died. And on the next morning I did as I was commanded.
• New King James Version (NKJV)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.

Context of Ezekiel 24:18

16“Son of man, behold, I am about to take away the desire of your eyes with a fatal blow. But you must not mourn or weep or let your tears flow. 17Groan quietly; do not mourn for the dead. Put on your turban and strap your sandals on your feet; do not cover your lips or eat the bread of mourners.” So I spoke to the people in the morning, and in the evening my wife died. And the next morning I did as I had been commanded. 19Then the people asked me, “Won’t you tell us what these things you are doing mean to us?” 20So I answered them, “The word of the LORD came to me, saying:

Ezekiel 24:18 word by word

וָאֲדַבֵּ֤ר אֶל־הָעָם֙ בַּבֹּ֔קֶר וַתָּ֥מָת אִשְׁתִּ֖י בָּעָ֑רֶב וָאַ֥עַשׂ בַּבֹּ֖קֶר כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר צֻוֵּֽיתִי׃Read the interlinear

• So I spokeדָבַרdâbar · to speak: speakH1696
• toאֶל'êl 'el · to(wards)H413
• the peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• in the morningבֹּ֫קֶרbôqer · morningH1242
• and in the eveningעֶ֫רֶב‛ereb · eveningH6153
• my wifeאִשָּׁה'ishshâh nâshîym · woman: wifeH802
• diedמוּתmûth · to dieH4191
• I didעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
• asכַּאֲשֶׁר'ăsher · as whichH834
• I had been commandedצָוָהtsâvâh · to commandH6680

Cross-references for Ezekiel 24:18

• 1 Corinthians 7:29What I am saying, brothers, is that the time is short. From now on those who have wives should live as if they had none;

Commentaries on Ezekiel 24:18

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 18At even my wife died - The prophet's wife was a type of the city, which was to him exceedingly dear. The death of his wife represented the destruction of the city by the Chaldeans; see Ezekiel 24:21, where the temple is represented to be the desire of his eyes, as his wife was, Ezekiel 24:16.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 16-27Verses 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…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 15-27Verses 15-27 Though mourning for the dead is a duty, yet it must be kept under by religion and right reason: we must not sorrow as men that have no hope. Believers must not copy the language and expressions of those who know not God. The people asked the meaning of the sign. God takes from them all that was dearest to them. And as Ezekiel wept not for his affliction, so neither should they weep for theirs. Blessed be God, we need not pine away under our…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-271-2. Ezekiel proves his divine mission by announcing the very day, ("this same day") of the beginning of the investment of the city by Nebuchadnezzar; "the ninth year," namely, of Jehoiachin's captivity, "the tenth day of the tenth month"; though he was three hundred miles away from Jerusalem among the captives at the Chebar (2Ki 25:1; Jr 39:1).Read the comment

Topics related to Ezekiel 24:18

• Bereavement
• Ezekiel
• Instruction
• Minister, Christian
• Symbols and Similitudes

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Commentaries on Ezekiel 24

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings