Ezekiel 24:21
Say to the house of Israel thus, saith My Lord. Yahweh, Behold me! profaning my sanctuary. The pride of your strength, The delight of your eyes And the object of the tender regard of your soul,- And your sons and your daughters whom ye have left behind, by the sword, shall fall.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
20So I said unto them: The word of Yahweh hath come unto me, saying:
Cross References
1 Kings 9:7then will I cut off Israel, from the face of the soil, which I have given unto them, and, the house which I have hallowed for my Name, will I suffer to be carried away from before me,—and Israel shall become a byword and a mockery, among all the peoples;
Psalms 74:7They have cast, into the fire, thy sanctuary, To the ground, have they profaned the habitation of thy Name.
Psalms 84:1How lovely are thy habitations, O Yahweh of hosts!
Psalms 96:6Praise and majesty, are before him, Strength and beauty, are in his sanctuary.
Psalms 132:8Arise! O Yahweh, unto thy place of rest, Thou, and the ark of thy strength.
Jeremiah 6:11So then, with the indignation of Yahweh, am I full, I am too weary to hold it in, [I am constrained] to pour it out, upon the boy in the street, and upon the circle of young men, together,—For, even husband with wife, will be captured, The elder 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 →