Ezekiel 24:16

Modern English Version

Son of man, behold, I am about to take away from you the desire of your eyes with a stroke. Yet you shall not mourn or weep, nor shall your tears run down.

Cross References

Job 23:2

“Today also my complaint is bitter; my hand is heavy because of my groaning.

Job 36:18

Because there is wrath, beware lest He take you away with a blow; even a great ransom cannot deliver you.

Proverbs 5:19

a lovely deer, a graceful doe. Let her breasts satisfy you at all times; may you always be enraptured by her love.

Song of Solomon 7:10

I belong to my lover, and his desire is for me.

Jeremiah 13:17

But if you will not listen to it, my soul will weep in secret places for your pride; and my eyes will weep sorely and run down with tears, because the flock of the Lord is carried away captive.

Jeremiah 16:5

For thus says the Lord: Do not enter a house of mourning, or go to lament or bemoan them; for I have taken away My peace from this people, says the Lord, even lovingkindness and mercy.

Jeremiah 22:10

Do not weep for the dead nor bemoan him, but weep constantly for him who goes away; for he will return no more nor see his native country.

Jeremiah 22:18

Therefore thus says the Lord concerning Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah: They will not lament for him, saying, “Ah, my brother!” or, “Ah, sister!” They will not lament for him, saying, “Ah, lord!” or, “Ah, his glory!”

Jeremiah 9:1

Oh, that my head were waters and my eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!

Jeremiah 9:18

And let them make haste and take up a wailing for us, that our eyes may run down with tears and our eyelids gush out with waters.

Lamentations 2:18

Their heart cried to the Lord: O wall of the daughter of Zion, let your tears run down like a river day and night; give yourself no rest, your eyes no respite!

Ezekiel 24:15

Also the word of the Lord came to me, saying:

Ezekiel 24:18

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.

Leviticus 21:4

And he shall not make himself unclean as a husband among his people because of the dead and so defile himself.

1 Thessalonians 4:13

But I would not have you ignorant, brothers, concerning those who are asleep, that you may not grieve as others who have no hope.