Ezekiel 24:21
Tell the people of Israel that this is what the Lord God says: I am about to make my sanctuary unclean, this place you're so proud of that you think gives you power, the place you love so much, the place that makes you happy. Your sons and daughters that you left behind will be killed by the sword.
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In Context
20So I told them, “A message from the Lord came to me, saying:
22Then you'll do what I did. You won't veil your face or eat the bread used by mourners.
Cross References
1 Kings 9:7then I will cut Israel off from the land I have given them. I will banish from my presence this Temple I have dedicated to my honor, and I will make it an object lesson of ridicule among the nations.
Psalms 74:7Then they set fire to your Temple, burning it to the ground. They defiled the place where you live, the place that bears your name.
Psalms 84:1How wonderful is the place where you live, Lord Almighty!
Psalms 96:6Splendor and majesty are his; power and glory are in his sanctuary.
Psalms 132:8Come, Lord, and enter your home, together with your Ark of your power.
Jeremiah 6:11But as for me, I'm full of the Lord's anger; I have a hard time keeping it in. The Lord replies, Pour it out on children in the street, and on groups of young people, because both husband and wife are going to be captured—it's everyone, and it doesn't matter how old they are.
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 →