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Green's Literal Translation

Ezekiel 24:20

Then I said to them, The Word of Jehovah was to me, saying,

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Ezekiel;   Instruction;   Prophecy;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Bread;   Prophets;  

Dictionaries:

- Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Repentance;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Ezekiel;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
So I answered them: “The word of the Lord came to me:
Hebrew Names Version
Then I said to them, The word of the LORD came to me, saying,
King James Version
Then I answered them, The word of the Lord came unto me, saying,
English Standard Version
Then I said to them, "The word of the Lord came to me:
New American Standard Bible
Then I said to them, "The word of the LORD came to me, saying,
New Century Version
Then I said to them, "The Lord spoke his word to me. He said,
Amplified Bible
Then I answered them, "The word of the LORD came to me, saying,
World English Bible
Then I said to them, The word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
Geneva Bible (1587)
Then I answered them, The worde of the Lord came vnto me, saying,
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then I said to them, "The word of the LORD came to me saying,
Legacy Standard Bible
Then I said to them, "The word of Yahweh came to me saying,
Berean Standard Bible
So I answered them, "The word of the LORD came to me, saying:
Contemporary English Version
I answered: The Lord God says
Complete Jewish Bible
I answered them, "The word of Adonai came to me, telling me
Darby Translation
And I said to them, The word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,
Easy-to-Read Version
Then I said to them, "The word of the Lord came to me. He told me
George Lamsa Translation
Then I said to them, This is the word of the LORD which came to me, saying,
Good News Translation
So I said to them, "The Lord spoke to me and told me
Lexham English Bible
And I said to them that the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
I answered them, the worde off the LORDE came vnto me, sayege:
American Standard Version
Then I said unto them, The word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,
Bible in Basic English
Then I said to them, The word of the Lord came to me, saying,
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Then I said unto them: 'The word of the LORD came unto me, saying:
King James Version (1611)
Then I answered them, The word of the Lord came vnto me, saying;
Bishop's Bible (1568)
I aunswered them, The word of the Lorde came vnto me, saying:
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Then I said to them, The word of the Lord came to me, saying,
English Revised Version
Then I said unto them, The word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And Y seide to hem, The word of the Lord was maad to me,
Update Bible Version
Then I said to them, The word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
Webster's Bible Translation
Then I answered them, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
New English Translation
So I said to them: "The word of the Lord came to me:
New King James Version
Then I answered them, "The word of the LORD came to me, saying,
New Living Translation
So I said to them, "A message came to me from the Lord ,
New Life Bible
So I said to them, "The Word of the Lord came to me saying,
New Revised Standard
Then I said to them: The word of the Lord came to me:
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
So I said unto them: The word of Yahweh hath come unto me, saying:
Douay-Rheims Bible
And I said to them: The word of the Lord came to me, saying:
Revised Standard Version
Then I said to them, "The word of the LORD came to me:
Young's Literal Translation
And I say unto them, `A word of Jehovah hath been unto me, saying:
THE MESSAGE
So I told them, " God 's Word came to me, saying, ‘Tell the family of Israel, This is what God , the Master, says: I will desecrate my Sanctuary, your proud impregnable fort, the delight of your life, your heart's desire. The children you left behind will be killed.

Contextual Overview

15 And the Word of Jehovah was to me, saying, 16 Son of man, behold, I am taking from you the desire of your eyes with a stroke. Yet you shall not wail nor weep, and your tears shall not come. 17 Groan, but be silent; do not make a mourning for her who died. Bind your turban on you, and put your sandals on your feet, and do not cover the mustache nor eat the bread of men. 18 And I spoke to the people in the morning. And my wife died in the evening. And I did in the morning as I was commanded. 19 And the people said to me, Will you not tell us what the things you are doing are to us? 20 Then I said to them, The Word of Jehovah was to me, saying, 21 Speak to the house of Israel, So says the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I will profane My sanctuary, the pride of your strength, the desire of your eyes, and that which your soul pities. And your sons andyour daughters whom you have forsaken shallfall by the sword. 22 And you shall do as I have done. You shall not cover over the mustache, and you shall not eat the bread of men. 23 And your turbans shall be on your heads and your sandals on your feet. You shall not wail nor weep, but you shall rot away in your iniquities, and each man groan to his brother. 24 So Ezekiel is for a sign to you. As all that he has done, you shall do. And when it comes, then you shall know that I am the Lord Jehovah.

Bible Verse Review
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Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then I answered them,.... And gave them an account of the design of the whole, and what was signified hereby:

the word of the Lord came unto me, saying; ordering him to do all he did; for he did nothing of himself, but all according to the divine will; and who also directed him to say the following things to the people, by way of explanation.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The death of Ezekiel’s wife took place in the evening of the same day that he delivered the foregoing prophecy. This event was to signify to the people that the Lord would take from them all that was most dear to them; and - owing to the extraordinary nature of the times - quiet lamentation for the dead, according to the usual forms of mourning, would be impossible.

Ezekiel 24:17

The priest in general was to mourn for his dead (Leviticus 21:1 ff); but Ezekiel was to be an exception to the rule. The “tire” was the priest’s mitre.

Eat not the bread of men - Food supplied for the comfort of the mourners.

Ezekiel 24:23

Pine away - Compare Leviticus 26:39. The outward signs of grief were a certain consolation. Their absence would indicate a heart-consuming sorrow.

Ezekiel 24:27

Ezekiel had been employed four years in foretelling the calamities about to come to pass. He had been utterly disregarded by the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and received with apparent respect but with real incredulity by those in exile. Now until the city had been actually taken, the voice of prophecy should cease, so far as God’s people were concerned. Hence the intervening series of predictions relating to neighboring and foreign nations Ezek. 25–32. After which the prophet’s voice was again heard addressing his countrymen in their exile. This accounts for the apparently parenthetical character of the next eight chapters.


 
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