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the Week of Proper 24 / Ordinary 29
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Ezekiel 24:19

And the people sayd vnto me: Wilt thou not tell vs what this signifieth towarde vs, that thou doest so?

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Ezekiel;   Instruction;   Symbols and Similitudes;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Bread;   Prophets;  

Dictionaries:

- Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Repentance;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Ezekiel;  

Parallel Translations

Easy-to-Read Version
Then the people said to me, "Why are you doing this? What does it mean?"
New Living Translation
Then the people asked, "What does all this mean? What are you trying to tell us?"
New American Standard Bible
And the people said to me, "Will you not tell us what these things mean for us, that you are doing?"
New Century Version
Then the people asked me, "Tell us, what do the things you are doing mean for us?"
New English Translation
Then the people said to me, "Will you not tell us what these things you are doing mean for us?"
Update Bible Version
And the people said to me, Will you not tell us what these things are to us, that you do so?
Webster's Bible Translation
And the people said to me, Wilt thou not tell us what these [things are] to us, that thou doest [so]?
Amplified Bible
The people said to me, "These things that you are doing—tell us, what do they mean for us?"
English Standard Version
And the people said to me, "Will you not tell us what these things mean for us, that you are acting thus?"
World English Bible
The people said to me, Won't you tell us what these things are to us, that you do so?
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And the puple seide to me, Whi schewist thou not to vs what these thingis signefien, whiche thou doist?
English Revised Version
And the people said unto me, Wilt thou not tell us what these things are to us, that thou doest so?
Berean Standard Bible
Then the people asked me, "Won't you tell us what these things you are doing mean to us?"
Contemporary English Version
and when people saw me, they asked, "Why aren't you mourning for your wife?"
American Standard Version
And the people said unto me, Wilt thou not tell us what these things are to us, that thou doest so?
Bible in Basic English
And the people said to me, Will you not make clear to us the sense of these things; is it for us you do them?
Complete Jewish Bible
The people asked me, "Won't you tell us what these actions of yours mean for us?"
Darby Translation
And the people said unto me, Wilt thou not tell us what these things are to us, which thou doest?
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the people said unto me: 'Wilt thou not tell us what these things are to us, that thou doest so?'
King James Version (1611)
And the people said vnto me; Wilt thou not tell vs what these things are to vs, that thou doest so?
New Life Bible
And the people said to me, "Will you not tell us what these things you are doing mean for us?"
New Revised Standard
Then the people said to me, "Will you not tell us what these things mean for us, that you are acting this way?"
Geneva Bible (1587)
And the people said vnto me, Wilt thou not tell vs what these things meane towarde vs that thou doest so?
George Lamsa Translation
And the people said to me, Will you not tell us the meaning of these strange things which you do?
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then said the people unto me: Wt thou not tell us what these things are to us, that thou shouldst be acting thus?
Douay-Rheims Bible
And the people said to me: Why dost thou not tell us what these things mean that thou doest?
Revised Standard Version
And the people said to me, "Will you not tell us what these things mean for us, that you are acting thus?"
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the people said to me, Wilt thou not tell us what these things are that thou doest?
Good News Translation
The people asked me, "Why are you acting like this?"
Christian Standard Bible®
Then the people asked me, “Won’t you tell us what these things you are doing mean for us?”
Hebrew Names Version
The people said to me, Won't you tell us what these things are to us, that you do so?
King James Version
And the people said unto me, Wilt thou not tell us what these things are to us, that thou doest so?
Lexham English Bible
And the people said to me, "Will you not make known to us what these things that you are doing mean for us?"
Literal Translation
And the people said to me, Will you not tell us what the things you are doing are to us?
Young's Literal Translation
And the people say unto me, `Dost thou not declare to us what these [are] to us, that thou art doing?'
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And ye people sayde vnto me: wilt thou not tell vs, what that signifieth, which thou doest?
THE MESSAGE
The people came to me, saying, "Tell us why you're acting like this. What does it mean, anyway?"
New King James Version
And the people said to me, "Will you not tell us what these things signify to us, that you behave so?"
New American Standard Bible (1995)
The people said to me, "Will you not tell us what these things that you are doing mean for us?"
Legacy Standard Bible
The people said to me, "Will you not tell us what these things that you are doing mean for us?"

Contextual Overview

15 And the worde of the Lord came vnto me, saying: 16 Thou sonne of man, behold I wil take away from thee the pleasure of thyne eyes with a plague, yet shalt thou neither mourne nor weepe, neither shal thy teares run downe. 17 Mourne in scilens, make no mourning of the dead, bynde the tyre of thy head vpon thee, and put on thy shoes vpon thy feete, couer not thy lippes, and eate no mans bread. 18 So I spake vnto the people betymes in the morning, & at euen my wife dyed: then vpon the next morowe I dyd as I was commaunded. 19 And the people sayd vnto me: Wilt thou not tell vs what this signifieth towarde vs, that thou doest so? 20 I aunswered them, The word of the Lorde came vnto me, saying: 21 Tell the house of Israel, thus sayth the Lorde God: Beholde, I will pollute my sanctuarie, euen the glorie of your power, the pleasure of your eyes, and your heartes delite: & your sonnes and daughters whom ye haue left, shall fall through the sworde. 22 Like as I haue done, so shall ye do also: ye shall not couer your lippes, ye shall eate no mans bread. 23 And your tire [shalbe] vpon your heades, and your shoes vpon your feete: ye shall neither mourne nor weepe, but ye shall pyne away in your iniquities, & mourne one towardes another. 24 Thus Ezechiel is your shewtoken, according to all that he hath done, ye shall do: when it commeth, then ye shal know that I am the Lorde God.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Ezekiel 12:9, Ezekiel 17:12, Ezekiel 20:49, Ezekiel 21:7, Ezekiel 37:18, Malachi 3:7, Malachi 3:8, Malachi 3:13

Reciprocal: Jeremiah 13:12 - and they shall John 13:12 - Know Acts 21:11 - he took

Cross-References

Genesis 24:14
Nowe let the damsel to whom I say, stoupe downe thy pitcher I pray thee, that I may drinke: If she say also, drinke, and I wyll geue thy Camelles drinke also: let the same be she that thou hast ordeyned for thy seruaunt Isahac, and thereby shall I knowe that thou hast shewed mercy on my maister.
Genesis 24:45
And before I had made an ende of speakyng in myne heart, beholde, Rebecca came foorth, and her pitcher on her shoulder, and she went downe vnto the well, and drewe water, and I sayde vnto her, Geue me drinke I pray thee.
Genesis 24:46
And she made haste, and toke downe her pitcher from her [shoulder] and said: Drinke, and I wyll geue thy Camelles drinke also. So I dranke, and she gaue the Camelles drinke also.
1 Peter 4:9
Be ye harberous one to another, without grudgyng.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the people said unto me,.... Either seriously, as being desirous of knowing what was meant by all this; since they had reason to believe that it was not out of want of affection in Ezekiel to his wife that he so behaved; and therefore there must be some hidden meaning in it, which they should be glad to be informed of: or in a ludicrous manner, deriding the prophet for his conduct, and despising what he meant to instruct them in hereby:

wilt thou not tell us what these things are to us, that thou doest so? for they suspected it vas not on his own account, but to signify something to them, that these things were done; and laughing at him, they say, to what purpose are these things done? if you do not tell us for what reason they are done, instruct us by words, and not by actions; these were his fellow captives in Babylon.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The death of Ezekiel’s wife took place in the evening of the same day that he delivered the foregoing prophecy. This event was to signify to the people that the Lord would take from them all that was most dear to them; and - owing to the extraordinary nature of the times - quiet lamentation for the dead, according to the usual forms of mourning, would be impossible.

Ezekiel 24:17

The priest in general was to mourn for his dead (Leviticus 21:1 ff); but Ezekiel was to be an exception to the rule. The “tire” was the priest’s mitre.

Eat not the bread of men - Food supplied for the comfort of the mourners.

Ezekiel 24:23

Pine away - Compare Leviticus 26:39. The outward signs of grief were a certain consolation. Their absence would indicate a heart-consuming sorrow.

Ezekiel 24:27

Ezekiel had been employed four years in foretelling the calamities about to come to pass. He had been utterly disregarded by the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and received with apparent respect but with real incredulity by those in exile. Now until the city had been actually taken, the voice of prophecy should cease, so far as God’s people were concerned. Hence the intervening series of predictions relating to neighboring and foreign nations Ezek. 25–32. After which the prophet’s voice was again heard addressing his countrymen in their exile. This accounts for the apparently parenthetical character of the next eight chapters.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Ezekiel 24:19. Wilt thou not tell us — In the following verses he explains and applies the whole of what he had done and said.


 
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