Ezekiel 24:21
Say to the people of Israel, The Lord has said, See, I will make my holy place unclean, the pride of your strength, the pleasure of your eyes, and the desire of your soul; and your sons and daughters, who did not come with you here, will be put to the sword.
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In Context
20Then I said to them, The word of the Lord came to me, saying,
22And you will do as I have done, not covering your lips or taking the food of those in grief.
Cross References
1 Kings 9:7Then I will have Israel cut off from the land which I have given them; and this house, which I have made holy for myself, I will put away from before my eyes; and Israel will be a public example, and a word of shame among all peoples.
Psalms 74:7They have put on fire your holy place; they have made the place of your name unclean, pulling it down to the earth.
Psalms 84:1To the chief music-maker; put to the Gittith A Psalm. Of the sons of Korah.
Psalms 96:6Honour and glory are before him: strong and fair is his holy place.
Psalms 132:8Come back, O Lord, to your resting-place; you and the ark of your strength.
Jeremiah 6:11For this reason I am full of the wrath of the Lord, I am tired of keeping it in: may it be let loose on the children in the street, and on the band of the young men together: for even the husband with his wife will be taken, the old man with him who is full of days.
Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 24:16-27
The Death of the Prophet's Wife; A Sign of Jerusalem's Ruin. ( b. c. 590.) 15 Also the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, 16 Son of man, behold, I take away from thee the desire of thine eyes with a stroke: yet neither shalt thou mourn nor weep, neither shall thy tears run down. 17 Forbear to cry, make no mourning for the dead, bind the tire of thine head upon thee, and put on thy shoes upon thy feet, and cover not thy lips, and eat not the bread of men. 18 So I spake unto the people in the morning: and at… Read the whole commentary →