Tree of Life Version
Ezekiel 24:22
22You will do just as I have done: you will not cover your upper lips or eat the bread of mourners.
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
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. You will do just as I have done: you will not cover your upper lips or eat the bread of mourners. 23Your turbans will remain on your heads and your shoes on your feet—you will not lament or weep. But you will pine away in your iniquities and groan to each other. 24Ezekiel will be a sign for you; just as he has done, you will do. When this comes, you will know that I am Adonai.’
Read all of Ezekiel 24Ezekiel 24:22 word by word
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, behold, I am about to take away the desire of your eyes with a single blow. But do not lament, do not weep or allow any tears to flow.
- Job 27:15Those who survive him will be buried by the plague, and their widows will not weep.
- Psalms 78:64Their priests fell by the sword, and their widows could not weep.
- Jeremiah 16:4They will die of deadly diseases. They will not be lamented or buried, but will be like dung on the surface of the ground. They will be consumed by the sword and famine, and their carcasses will be food for the birds of the sky and the beasts of the earth.
- Jeremiah 47:3The noise— the stomping hooves of his stallions, the rumbling of his chariots, the reverberation of his wheels! Fathers will not turn back for their children because of their limp hands.
- Amos 6:9If ten people remain 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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