Ezekiel 24:21
Say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I will profane my sanctuary, the pride of your strength, the desire of your eyes, and your soul's longing; and your sons and your daughters whom ye have left behind shall fall by the sword.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
20And I said to them, The word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,
22And ye shall do as I have done: ye shall not cover the beard, neither eat the bread of men;
Cross References
1 Kings 9:7then will I cut off Israel out of the land which I have given them; and the house, which I have hallowed to my name, will I cast out of my sight; and Israel shall be a proverb and a by word among all peoples;
Psalms 74:7They have set on fire thy sanctuary, they have profaned the habitation of thy name to the ground.
Psalms 84:1{To the chief Musician. Upon the Gittith. Of the sons of Korah. A Psalm.} How amiable are thy tabernacles, O Jehovah of hosts!
Psalms 96:6Majesty and splendour are before him; strength and beauty are in his sanctuary.
Psalms 132:8Arise, Jehovah, into thy rest, thou and the ark of thy strength.
Jeremiah 6:11And I am full of the fury of Jehovah, I am weary with holding in. Pour it out upon the children in the street, and upon the assembly of young men together: for even the husband with the wife shall be taken; the aged with him [that 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 →