God’s Word Translation
Ezekiel 24:22
22Then you must do as I did. Don’t cover your faces or eat the food that mourners eat.
Ezekiel 24:22 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And ye shall do as I have done: ye shall not cover your lips, nor eat the bread of men.
- New International Version (NIV)And you will do as I have done. You will not cover your mustache and beard or eat the customary food of mourners.
- English Standard Version (ESV)And you shall do as I have done; you shall not cover your lips, nor eat the bread of men.
- New King James Version (NKJV)And you shall do as I have done; you shall not cover your lips nor eat man’s bread of sorrow.
Context of Ezekiel 24:22
20I told them, “The Lord spoke his word to me. He said, 21‘Tell the nation of Israel, “This is what the Almighty Lord says: I’m going to dishonor my holy place. You brag that my holy place gives you strength. It’s the thing you love the most. It’s your hearts’ desire. So the sons and daughters that you left behind will die in battle. Then you must do as I did. Don’t cover your faces or eat the food that mourners eat. 23Leave your turbans on your heads and your sandals on your feet. Don’t grieve or cry! You will waste away because of your guilt and groan to one another. 24Ezekiel is a sign to you. You will do everything he has done. Then you will know that I am the Almighty Lord.” ’
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וַעֲשִׂיתֶ֖ם כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר עָשִׂ֑יתִי עַל־שָׂפָם֙ לֹ֣א תַעְט֔וּ וְלֶ֥חֶם אֲנָשִׁ֖ים לֹ֥א תֹאכֵֽלוּ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Ezekiel 24:22
- Ezekiel 24:16“Son of man, with one blow I’m going to take away from you the person you love the most. But you must not mourn, cry, or let tears run down your face.
- Job 27:15Those who survive him will be buried by a plague, and their widows won’t cry ⌞for them⌟.
- Psalms 78:64His priests were cut down with swords. The widows ⌞of his priests⌟ could not even weep ⌞for them⌟.
- Jeremiah 16:4They will die horrible deaths. No one will mourn for them or bury them. They will be like manure on the ground. Wars and famines will bring them to an end. Their bodies will be food for birds and animals.
- Jeremiah 47:3They will hear the sound of galloping war horses, the rattling of enemy chariots, and the rumbling of their wheels. Fathers who lack courage abandon their children.
- Amos 6:9If ten people are left in one house, they will die.
Commentaries on Ezekiel 24:22
- 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
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 20-24Ezekiel's lack of mourning (Ezekiel 24:15–17) was a sign to Israel about their future. The Lord was about to take away the temple of Jerusalem, the place they cherished. God would desecrate it and destroy the sons and daughters left in Jerusalem. On that day, the people would act like Ezekiel. They would not mourn publicly or perform rituals. Although they would feel deep loss, the devastation would be so great that normal mourning rites would be…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2222. (Jr 16:6, 7). So general shall be the calamity, that all ordinary usages of mourning shall be suspended.Read the comment
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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
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