Mortal, has not the house of Israel, the rebellious house, said to you, “What are you doing?”
Ezekiel 24:19 - New Revised Standard Version Catholic Interconfessional Then the people said to me, “Will you not tell us what these things mean for us, that you are acting this way?” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And the people said unto me, Wilt thou not tell us what these things are to us, that thou doest so? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And the people said to me, Will you not tell us what these things are supposed to mean to us, that you are acting as you do? American Standard Version (1901) And the people said unto me, Wilt thou not tell us what these things are to us, that thou doest so? Common English Bible The people asked, “Won’t you tell us what your actions mean for us?” Catholic Public Domain Version And the people said to me: "Why won't you explain to us what these things signify, which you are doing?" Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And the people said to me: Why dost thou not tell us what these things mean that thou doest? |
Mortal, has not the house of Israel, the rebellious house, said to you, “What are you doing?”
Say now to the rebellious house: Do you not know what these things mean? Tell them: The king of Babylon came to Jerusalem, took its king and its officials, and brought them back with him to Babylon.
Then I said, “Ah Lord God! they are saying of me, ‘Is he not a maker of allegories?’ ”
And when they say to you, “Why do you moan?” you shall say, “Because of the news that has come. Every heart will melt and all hands will be feeble, every spirit will faint and all knees will turn to water. See, it comes and it will be fulfilled,” says the Lord God.
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.
And when your people say to you, “Will you not show us what you mean by these?”
You have spoken harsh words against me, says the Lord. Yet you say, “How have we spoken against you?”