Ezekiel 24:18

So I spoke to the people in the morning, and at evening my wife died. So I did in the morning as I was commanded.

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In The King James Version

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

17Sigh, but not aloud. Make no mourning for the dead. Bind your headdress on you, and put your sandals on your feet. Don’t cover your lips, and don’t eat mourner’s bread.”

19The people asked me, “Won’t you tell us what these things mean to us, that you act like this?”

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Cross References

1 Corinthians 7:29But I say this, brothers: the time is short. From now on, both those who have wives may be as though 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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