New American Standard Bible 2020

Ezekiel 24:17-23

17Groan silently; do 1no mourning for the dead. Bind on your turban and put your sandals on your feet, and do not 2cover your mustache, and 3do not eat the 4bread of other people.”

18So I spoke to the people in the morning, and in the evening my wife died. And in the morning I did as I was commanded.

19And the people said to me, “Will you not tell us what these things mean for us, that you are doing?”

20Then I said to them, “The word of the Lord came to me, saying,

21‘Speak to the house of Israel, “This is what the Lord God says: ‘Behold, I am about to profane My sanctuary, the pride of your power, 5that which is precious in your eyes and the longing of your soul; and your 6sons and your daughters whom you have left behind will fall by the sword.

22And you will do just as I have done; you will not 7cover your mustache, and you will not eat the 8bread of other people.

23Your turbans will be on your heads, and your sandals on your feet. You 9will not mourn and you will not weep; but 10you will rot away in your guilty deeds, and you will groan 11to one another.

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Notes

1. Ezekiel 24:17 Lev 21:10-12 ↩
2. Ezekiel 24:17 Covering the beard and mustache was a mourning custom ↩
3. Ezekiel 24:17 Jer 16:7; Hos 9:4 ↩
4. Ezekiel 24:17 I.e., food from others for mourners ↩
5. Ezekiel 24:21 Ps 27:4; 84:1; Ezek 24:16 ↩
6. Ezekiel 24:21 Jer 6:11; 16:3, 4; Ezek 23:25, 47 ↩
7. Ezekiel 24:22 See note 1 v 17 ↩
8. Ezekiel 24:22 See note 2 v 17 ↩
9. Ezekiel 24:23 Job 27:15; Ps 78:64 ↩
10. Ezekiel 24:23 Lev 26:39; Ezek 33:10 ↩
11. Ezekiel 24:23 Lit each to his brother ↩

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