Ezekiel 24:21
Say to the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I will profane my sanctuary, the pride of your confidence, the desire of your eyes, and the longing of your souls; and your sons and daughters that are left to you shall fall by the sword.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
20Then I answered them: The word of Jehovah came to me and said:
22And ye shall do as I have done; ye shall not cover your mouths, nor eat the bread of wretched men;
Cross References
Psalms 74:7They have cast fire into thy sanctuary; They have profaned, and cast to the ground, the dwelling-place of thy name.
Psalms 84:1“For the leader of the music. On the Gittith. A psalm of the sons of Korah.” How lovely are thy tabernacles, O LORD of hosts!
Psalms 96:6Honor and majesty are before him; Glory and beauty are in his holy abode.
Psalms 132:8Arise, O LORD! into thy rest, Thou, and the ark of thy strength!
Jeremiah 6:11Therefore I am full of the fury of Jehovah; I am weary of holding it; I will pour it out alike upon the children in the street, And upon the assembly of the young men. Yea, also the husband with the wife shall be taken, The old man, and he 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 →