Ezekiel 24:18

So I spake vnto the people in the morning, and at euen my wife dyed: and I did in the morning, as I was commanded.

Geneva Bible 1599

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

17Cease from sighing: make no mourning for the dead, and binde the tyre of thine head vpon thee, and put on thy shooes vpon thy feete, and couer not thy lips, and eate not the bread of men.

19And the people said vnto me, Wilt thou not tell vs what these things meane towarde vs that thou doest so?

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Cross References

1 Corinthians 7:29And this I say, brethren, because the time is short, hereafter that both they which haue wiues, 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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