Ezekiel 24:18

So I spoke to the people in the morning, and my wife died in the evening: and I did in the morning as he had commanded me.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

So I spake unto the people in the morning: and at even my wife died; and I did in the morning as I was commanded.

In Context

17Sigh in silence, make no mourning for the dead: let the tire of thy head be upon thee, and thy shoes on thy feet, and cover not thy face, nor eat the meat of mourners.

19And the people said to me: Why dost thou not tell us what these things mean that thou doest?

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Cross References

1 Corinthians 7:29This therefore I say, brethren; the time is short; it remaineth, that they also who have wives, be as if they had none;

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 →

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