Ezekiel 24:21
Speak unto the house of Israel: Thus saith the Lord GOD: Behold, I will profane My sanctuary, the pride of your power, the desire of your eyes, and the longing of your soul; and your sons and your daughters whom ye have left behind shall fall by the sword.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
In Context
20Then I said unto them: 'The word of the LORD came unto me, saying:
22And ye shall do as I have done: ye shall not cover your upper lips, nor 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 this house, which I have hallowed for 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 Thy sanctuary on fire; they have profaned the dwelling-place of Thy name even to the ground.
Psalms 84:1(84-1) For the Leader; upon the Gittith. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. (84-2) How lovely are Thy tabernacles, O LORD of hosts!
Psalms 96:6Honour and majesty are before Him; strength and beauty are in His sanctuary.
Psalms 132:8Arise, O LORD, unto Thy resting-place; Thou, and the ark of Thy strength.
Jeremiah 6:11Therefore I am full of the fury of the LORD, I am weary with holding in: pour it out upon the babes 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 →