I did just as I was commanded. I brought out my baggage by day, as baggage for exile, and in the evening I dug through the wall with my own hands; I brought it out in the dark, carrying it on my shoulder in their sight.
Ezekiel 24:18 - New Revised Standard Version 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. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition So I spoke to the people in the morning and in the evening my wife died, and I did the next morning as I was commanded. American Standard Version (1901) 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. Common English Bible I spoke with the people in the morning, and by evening my wife was dead. The next morning I did as I was commanded. Catholic Public Domain Version Therefore, I spoke to the people in the morning. And my wife died in the evening. And in the morning, I did just as he had instructed me. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version So I spoke to the people in the morning, and my wife died in the evening: and I did in the morning as he had commanded me. |
I did just as I was commanded. I brought out my baggage by day, as baggage for exile, and in the evening I dug through the wall with my own hands; I brought it out in the dark, carrying it on my shoulder in their sight.
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.
Sigh, but not aloud; make no mourning for the dead. Bind on your turban, and put your sandals on your feet; do not cover your upper lip or eat the bread of mourners.
Then the people said to me, “Will you not tell us what these things mean for us, that you are acting this way?”