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Ezekiel 24:20

So I said unto them: The word of Yahweh hath come unto 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,
Literal Translation
Then I said to them, The Word of Jehovah was 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:
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 Yahweh came unto me saying: 16 Son of Man Behold! taking away from thee the delight of thine eyes, with a stroke,- But thou shall not lament Neither shalt thou weep, Neither shall come - thy tears: 17 To groan, forbear, Over the dead - no mourning, shalt thou make Thy chaplet, bind thou on thee And thy sandals:, put thou on thy feet, And thou shalt not cover thy beard, And the bread of other men, shalt thou not eat. 18 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. 19 Then said the people unto me: Wt thou not tell us what these things are to us, that thou shouldst be acting thus? 20 So I said unto them: The word of Yahweh hath come unto me, saying: 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. 22 Then shall ye do, as I have done. - The heard, shall ye not cover, And the bread of other men:, shall ye not eat; 23 And your chaplets shall be on your heads. And your sandals on your feet, Ye shall neither lament, nor weep,- Yet shall ye pine away in your iniquities, and shall groan one to another. 24 So shall Ezekiel become to you a wonder, According to all that he hath done, shall ye do: When it cometh, then shall ye know that I am The Lord, Yahweh.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

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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