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Ezekiel 24:18

Verse 18 of 27. The 24th of 48 chapters in Ezekiel, in The Major Prophets.

14“‘“I, the LORD, have spoken it. It will happen, and I will do it. I won’t go back. I won’t spare. I won’t repent. According to your ways and according to your doings, they will judge you,” says the Lord GOD.’”

15Also the LORD’s word came to me, saying,

16“Son of man, behold, I will take away from you the desire of your eyes with one stroke; yet you shall neither mourn nor weep, neither shall your tears run down.

17Sigh, but not aloud. Make no mourning for the dead. Bind your headdress on you, and put your sandals on your feet. Don’t cover your lips, and don’t eat mourner’s bread.”

18So I spoke to the people in the morning, and at evening my wife died. So I did in the morning as I was commanded.

19The people asked me, “Won’t you tell us what these things mean to us, that you act like this?”

20Then I said to them, “The LORD’s word came to me, saying,

21‘Speak to the house of Israel, “The Lord GOD says: ‘Behold, I will profane my sanctuary, the pride of your power, the desire of your eyes, and that which your soul pities; and your sons and your daughters whom you have left behind will fall by the sword.

22You will do as I have done. You won’t cover your lips or eat mourner’s bread.

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World English Bible. Public domain. Set as prose throughout, including the poetry, because the text is published to us without its lines.