Ezekiel 24:18

Literal Standard Version

And I speak to the people in the morning, and my wife dies in the evening, and I do in the morning as I have been commanded.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
I spoke to the people in the morning, and my wife died in the evening. The next morning I did just as I was commanded.

Hebrew Names Version
So I spoke to the people in the morning; and at even my wife died; and I did in the morning as I was commanded.

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.

English Standard Version
So I spoke to the people in the morning, and at evening my wife died. And on the next morning I did as I was commanded.

New American Standard Bible
So I spoke to the people in the morning, and in the evening my wife died. And in the morning I did as I was commanded.

New Century Version
So I spoke to the people in the morning, and my wife died in the evening. The next morning I did as I had been commanded.

Amplified Bible
So I spoke to the people in the morning, and in the evening my wife died. And the next morning I did as I was commanded.

World English Bible
So I spoke to the people in the morning; and at even my wife died; and I did in the morning as I was commanded.

Geneva Bible (1587)
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.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
So I spoke to the people in the morning, and in the evening my wife died. And in the morning I did as I was commanded.

Legacy Standard Bible
So I spoke to the people in the morning, and in the evening my wife died. And in the morning I did as I was commanded.

Berean Standard Bible
So I spoke to the people in the morning, and in the evening my wife died. And the next morning I did as I had been commanded.

Contemporary English Version
One morning, I was talking with the people as usual, and by sunset my wife was dead. The next day I did what the Lord told me,

Complete Jewish Bible
I spoke to the people in the morning, and that evening my wife died. So I did the following morning as I had been ordered.

Darby Translation
—And I spoke unto the people in the morning; and at even my wife died. And I did in the morning as I was commanded.

Easy-to-Read Version
The next morning I told the people what God had said. That evening, my wife died. The next morning I did what God commanded.

George Lamsa Translation
So I spoke of it to the people in the morning, and at evening my wife died; and in the morning of the next day I did as I had been commanded.

Good News Translation
Early in the day I was talking with the people. That evening my wife died, and the next day I did as I had been told.

Lexham English Bible
And I spoke to the people in the morning, and my wife died in the evening, and I did in the morning just as I was commanded.

Literal Translation
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.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
So I spake vnto the people bytymes in the mornynge, and at euen my wyfe dyed: then vpon the nexte morow, I dyd as I was comaunded.

American Standard 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.

Bible in Basic English
So in the morning I was teaching the people and in the evening death took my wife; and in the morning I did what I had been ordered to do.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
So I spoke unto the people in the morning, and at even my wife died; and I did in the morning as I was commanded.

King James Version (1611)
So I spake vnto the people in the morning, and at euen my wife died, and I did in the morning as I was commanded.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
So I spake vnto the people betymes in the morning, & at euen my wife dyed: then vpon the next morowe I dyd as I was commaunded.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And I spoke to the people in the morning, as he commanded me in the evening, and I did in the morning as it was commanded me.

English Revised 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.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Therfor Y spak to the puple in the morewtid, and my wijf was deed in the euentid; and Y dide in the morewtid, as he hadde comaundid to me.

Update Bible Version
So I spoke to the people in the morning; and at evening my wife died; and I did in the morning as I was commanded.

Webster's Bible Translation
So I spoke to the people in the morning: and at evening my wife died; and I did in the morning as I was commanded.

New English Translation
So I spoke to the people in the morning, and my wife died in the evening. In the morning I acted just as I was commanded.

New King James Version
So I spoke to the people in the morning, and at evening my wife died; and the next morning I did as I was commanded.

New Living Translation
So I proclaimed this to the people the next morning, and in the evening my wife died. The next morning I did everything I had been told to do.

New Life Bible
So I spoke to the people in the morning, and in the evening my wife died. The next morning I did as I was told.

New Revised Standard
So I spoke to the people in the morning, and at evening my wife died. And on the next morning I did as I was commanded.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
So I spake unto the people in the morning, and my wife died in the even, - and I did in the morning, as I had been commanded.

Douay-Rheims Bible
So I spoke to the people in the morning, and my wife died in the evening: and I did in the morning as he had commanded me.

Revised Standard Version
So I spoke to the people in the morning, and at evening my wife died. And on the next morning I did as I was commanded.

Young's Literal Translation
And I speak unto the people in the morning, and my wife dieth in the evening, and I do in the morning as I have been commanded.

THE MESSAGE
I preached to the people in the morning. That evening my wife died. The next morning I did as I'd been told.

Contextual Overview

¹⁵And there is a word of YHWH to me, saying, ¹⁶"Son of man, behold, I am taking the desire of your eyes from you by a stroke, and you do not mourn, nor weep, nor let your tear come. ¹⁷Cease to groan [and] make no mourning [for] the dead, bind your headdress on yourself, and put your shoes on your feet, and you do not cover over the upper lip, and you do not eat [the] bread of men." ¹⁸And I speak to the people in the morning, and my wife dies in the evening, and I do in the morning as I have been commanded.¹⁹And the people say to me, "Do you not declare to us what these [are] to us, that you are doing?" ²⁰And I say to them, "A word of YHWH has been to me, saying, ²¹Say to the house of Israel, Thus said Lord YHWH: Behold, I am defiling My sanctuary, || The excellence of your strength, || The desire of your eyes, and the pitied of your soul, || And your sons and your daughters whom you have left, fall by sword. ²²And you have done as I have done, || You have not covered over the upper lip, || And you do not eat [the] bread of men. ²³And your headdresses [are] on your heads, || And your shoes [are] on your feet, || You do not mourn nor do you weep, || And you have wasted away for your iniquities, || And you have howled to one another. ²⁴And Ezekiel has been for a type to you; according to all that he has done you do. In its coming in—you have known that I [am] Lord YHWH."

Bible Verse Review
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and at: 1 Corinthians 7:29, 1 Corinthians 7:30

Reciprocal: Ezekiel 12:7 - I did so Ezekiel 24:16 - the desire

Cross-References

Genesis 24:8
and if the woman is not willing to come after you, then you have been acquitted from this my oath: only you do not cause my son to return there."

Genesis 24:9
And the servant puts his hand under the thigh of Abraham his lord, and swears to him concerning this matter.

Genesis 24:14
and it has been, the young person to whom I say, Please incline your pitcher and I drink, and she has said, Drink, and I also water your camels)—her [whom] You have decided for Your servant, for Isaac; and by it I know that You have done kindness with my lord."

Proverbs 31:26
She has opened her mouth in wisdom, || And the law of kindness [is] on her tongue.

1 Peter 3:8
And finally, be all of one mind, having fellow-feeling, loving as brothers, compassionate, courteous,

Gill's Notes on the Bible

So I spake unto the people in the morning,.... Did the duty of his office as a prophet; exhorted and instructed the people, particularly informed them of what had been said to him by the Lord, the evening or night before, concerning the death of his wife, and how he was to behave under such a providence; which he told them of before hand, that, when it came to pass, they might have a further proof of his being a true prophet of the Lord:

and at even my wife died; suddenly, as it was said she should; this shows who is meant by the desire of his eyes, and what by the taking it away;

and I did in the morning as I was commanded; neither moaned, nor sighed, nor wept, nor shed a tear, nor used any of the common ceremonies of mourning, but dressed and ate as at other times, as he was ordered to do; this was the next morning after his wife died. So the Syriac version,

"in the morning of the other day;''

and the Arabic version,

"in the morning of the following day.''

Thus whatever the Lord commands is to be done, though ever so contrary to the customs of men, or to natural inclinations and affections.

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.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Ezekiel 24:18. At even my wife died — The prophet's wife was a type of the city, which was to him exceedingly dear. The death of his wife represented the destruction of the city by the Chaldeans; see Ezekiel 24:21, where the temple is represented to be the desire of his eyes, as his wife was, Ezekiel 24:16.