Ezekiel 24:21
'Say to the house of Israel, the Lord Yahweh says this: Behold! I will desecrate my sanctuary—the pride of your power, the delight of your eyes, and the yearning of your soul, and your sons and your daughters whom you left behind will fall by the sword.
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20So I said to them, “The word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
Cross References
1 Kings 9:7then will I cut off Israel from off the ground that I have given them; and this house that I have set apart to my name, I will cast it out of my sight, and Israel will become an example to be mocked and an object of ridicule among all peoples.
Psalms 74:7They set your sanctuary on fire; 1 they desecrated where you live, knocking it to the ground. 1
Psalms 84:1How lovely is the place where you live, 1 Yahweh of hosts! 1
Psalms 96:6Splendor and majesty are in his presence. 1 Strength and beauty are in his sanctuary. 1
Psalms 132:8Arise, Yahweh, to your resting place, 1 you and the ark of your strength! 1
Jeremiah 6:11But I am filled with Yahweh's fury. I am tired of holding it in. He said, to me, “Pour it out on the children in the streets 1 and on the groups of young men. For every man will be taken away with his wife; 1 and every old person heavy with years. 1
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 →