Ezekiel 24:21
'Speak to the house of Israel, "Thus says the Lord God: Behold, I will profane my sanctuary, the pride of your power, the desire of your eyes, and that which your soul pities; and your sons and your daughters whom you have left behind shall fall by the sword.
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In Context
20Then I said to them, "The word of the Lord came to me, saying,
22You shall do as I have done: you shall not cover your lips, nor eat the bread of men.
Cross References
1 Kings 9:7then will I cut off Israel out of the land which I have given them; and this house, which I have made holy for my name, will I cast out of my sight; and Israel shall be a proverb and a byword among all peoples.
Psalms 74:7They have burned your sanctuary to the ground.They have profaned the dwelling place of your Name.
Psalms 84:1For the Chief Musician. On an instrument of Gath. A Psalm by the sons of Korah.How lovely are your dwellings,Lord of hosts!
Psalms 96:6Honor and majesty are before him.Strength and beauty are in his sanctuary.
Psalms 132:8Arise, Lord, into your resting place;you, and the ark of your strength.
Jeremiah 6:11Therefore I am full of the wrath of the Lord. I am weary with holding in."Pour it out on the children in the street,and on the assembly of young men together;for even the husband with the wife shall be taken,the aged with him who 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 →