Ezekiel 24:16

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

Mortal, with one blow I am about to take away from you the delight of your eyes, yet you shall not mourn or weep, nor shall your tears run down.

Cross References

Job 23:2

“Today also my complaint is bitter; his hand is heavy despite my groaning.

Job 36:18

Beware that wrath does not entice you into scoffing, and do not let the greatness of the ransom turn you aside.

Proverbs 5:19

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

Song of Solomon 7:10

I am my beloved’s, and his desire is for me.

Jeremiah 13:17

But if you will not listen, my soul will weep in secret for your pride; my eyes will weep bitterly and run down with tears because the Lord’s flock has been taken captive.

Jeremiah 16:5

For thus says the Lord: Do not enter the house of mourning or go to lament or bemoan them, for I have taken away my peace from this people, says the Lord, my steadfast love and mercy.

Jeremiah 22:10

Do not weep for him who is dead, nor bemoan him; weep rather for him who goes away, for he shall return no more to see his native land.

Jeremiah 22:18

Therefore thus says the Lord concerning King Jehoiakim son of Josiah of Judah: They shall not lament for him, saying, “Alas, my brother!” or “Alas, sister!” They shall not lament for him, saying, “Alas, lord!” or “Alas, his majesty!”

Jeremiah 9:1

O that my head were a spring of water and my eyes a fountain of tears, so that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!

Jeremiah 9:18

let them quickly raise a dirge over us, so that our eyes may run down with tears and our eyelids flow with water.

Lamentations 2:18

Cry aloud to the Lord! O wall of daughter Zion! Let tears stream down like a torrent day and night! Give yourself no rest, your eyes no respite!

Ezekiel 24:15

The word of the Lord came to me:

Ezekiel 24:18

So I spoke to the people in the morning, and at evening my wife died. And on the next morning I did as I was commanded.

Leviticus 21:4

But he shall not defile himself for those related to him by marriage and so profane himself.

1 Thessalonians 4:13

But we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers and sisters, about those who have died, so that you may not grieve as others do who have no hope.