the Week of Proper 16 / Ordinary 21
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Ezekiel 24:20
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So I answered them: “The word of the Lord came to me:
Then I said to them, The word of the LORD came to me, saying,
Then I answered them, The word of the Lord came unto me, saying,
Then I said to them, "The word of the Lord came to me:
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Then I said to them, "The Lord spoke his word to me. He said,
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Then I said to them, The word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
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I answered: The Lord God says
I answered them, "The word of Adonai came to me, telling me
And I said to them, The word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,
Then I said to them, "The word of the Lord came to me. He told me
Then I said to them, This is the word of the LORD which came to me, saying,
So I said to them, "The Lord spoke to me and told me
And I said to them that the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
Then I said to them, The Word of Jehovah was to me, saying,
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Then I answered them, The word of the Lord came vnto me, saying;
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Then I said to them, The word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
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So I said to them: "The word of the Lord came to me:
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Then I said to them: The word of the Lord came to me:
So I said unto them: The word of Yahweh hath come unto me, saying:
Then I said to them, "The word of the LORD came to me:
And I say unto them, `A word of Jehovah hath been unto me, saying:
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.
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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.
