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Ezekiel 24:19
19The people said to me, “Won’t you tell us what these things you are doing mean to us?”
Ezekiel 24:19 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And the people said unto me, Wilt thou not tell us what these things are to us, that thou doest so?
- New International Version (NIV)Then the people asked me, “Won’t you tell us what these things have to do with us? Why are you acting like this?”
- English Standard Version (ESV)And the people said to me, "Will you not tell us what these things mean for us, that you are acting thus?"
- New King James Version (NKJV)And the people said to me, “Will you not tell us what these things signify to us, that you behave so?”
Context of Ezekiel 24:19
17Sigh silently, do not observe mourning for the dead, keep your turban fastened, and keep your sandals on your feet. Do not cover your upper lip or eat the bread of mourners.” 18So I spoke to the people in the morning and my wife died in the evening. In the morning I did just as I was commanded. The people said to me, “Won’t you tell us what these things you are doing mean to us?” 20Then I said to them, “The word of Adonai came to me saying, 21speak to the house of Israel, thus says Adonai Elohim: ‘Behold, I will profane My Sanctuary, the pride of your might, the desire of your eyes and the longing of your soul. Your sons and your daughters that you have left behind will fall by the sword.
Read all of Ezekiel 24Ezekiel 24:19 word by word
וַיֹּאמְר֥וּ אֵלַ֖י הָעָ֑ם הֲלֹֽא־תַגִּ֥יד לָ֙נוּ֙ מָה־אֵ֣לֶּה לָּ֔נוּ כִּ֥י אַתָּ֖ה עֹשֶֽׂה׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Ezekiel 24:19
- Ezekiel 12:9“Son of man, has the house of Israel, the rebellious house, said to you, ‘What are you doing?’
- Ezekiel 17:12Say now to the rebellious house, “Do you not know what these things mean?” Tell them: “Behold, the king of Babylon came to Jerusalem, took the king and the princes and brought them with him to Babylon.
- Ezekiel 21:7“Son of man, set your face toward Jerusalem and proclaim to the sanctuaries and prophesy against the land of Israel.
- Ezekiel 37:18“When the children of your people speak to you saying, ‘Won’t you tell us what you mean by these?’
- Malachi 3:7“From the days of your ancestors you have turned aside from My statutes, and have not kept them. Return to Me, and I will return to you,” says Adonai-Tzva’ot. Yet you say: “How should we return?”
Commentaries on Ezekiel 24:19
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 19Wilt thou not tell us - In the following verses he explains and applies the whole of what he had done and said.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. 1919. what these things are to us--The people perceive that Ezekiel's strange conduct has a symbolical meaning as to themselves; they ask, "What is that meaning?"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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