Ezekiel 24:22

Easy To Read Version

But you will do the same things that I have done \{about my dead wife\}. You won’t cover your mustache \{to show your sadness\}. You won’t eat the food people normally eat when a person dies.

Cross References

Job 27:15

All of his children will die,\par and his widow will not be sad.\par

Psalm 78:64

The priests were killed,\par but the widows did not cry for them.\par

Jeremiah 47:3

They will hear the sound of running horses,\par the noisy chariots, the rumbling wheels.\par Fathers won’t be able to protect their children.\par They will be too weak to help.\par

Ezekiel 24:21

to speak to the family of Israel. The Lord my Master said, ‘Look, I will destroy my holy place. You are proud of that place and sing songs of praise about it. You love to see that place. You really love that place. \{But I will destroy that place\} and your children that you left behind will be killed in battle.

Ezekiel 24:23

You will wear your turbans {\cf2\super [207]} and your shoes. You won’t show your sadness. You won’t cry. But you will be wasting away because of your sins. You will make your sad sounds quietly to each other.

Leviticus 13:45

“If a person has a leprosy [179] disease, {then that person must warn other people}. That person must shout, ‘Unclean, unclean!’ That person’s clothes must be torn at the seams. That person must let his hair grow wild. [180] And that person must cover his mouth.