Ezekiel 24:18

So I spoke to the people in the morning, and in the evening my wife died. And the next morning I did as I had been commanded.

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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

17Groan quietly; do not mourn for the dead. Put on your turban and strap your sandals on your feet; do not cover your lips or eat the bread of mourners.”

19Then the people asked me, “Won’t you tell us what these things you are doing mean to us?”

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Cross References

1 Corinthians 7:29What I am saying, brothers, is that the time is short. From now on those who have wives should live 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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