"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." — Ezekiel 24:18

Ezekiel 24:18 · KJV

“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.”

— Ezekiel 24:18

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. {Forbear: Heb. Be silent} {lips: Heb. upper lip}

Verse 19

And the people said unto me, Wilt thou not tell us what these {things are} to us, that thou doest {so}?

Ezekiel 24 — Context

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. {run down: Heb. go}

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.

And the people said unto me, Wilt thou not tell us what these {things are} to us, that thou doest {so}?

Then I answered them, The word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

Cross References

1 Corinthians 7:29-30

But this I say, brethren, the time {is} short: it remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had none;