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Ezekiel 24:20

I aunswered them, The word of the Lorde came vnto me, saying:

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Ezekiel;   Instruction;   Prophecy;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Bread;   Prophets;  

Dictionaries:

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

Parallel Translations

Easy-to-Read Version
Then I said to them, "The word of the Lord came to me. He told me
New Living Translation
So I said to them, "A message came to me from the Lord ,
New American Standard Bible
Then I said to them, "The word of the LORD came to me, saying,
New Century Version
Then I said to them, "The Lord spoke his word to me. He said,
New English Translation
So I said to them: "The word of the Lord came to me:
Update Bible Version
Then I said to them, The word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
Webster's Bible Translation
Then I answered them, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
Amplified Bible
Then I answered them, "The word of the LORD came to me, saying,
English Standard Version
Then I said to them, "The word of the Lord came to me:
World English Bible
Then I said to them, The word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And Y seide to hem, The word of the Lord was maad to me,
English Revised Version
Then I said unto them, The word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
Berean Standard Bible
So I answered them, "The word of the LORD came to me, saying:
Contemporary English Version
I answered: The Lord God says
American Standard Version
Then I said unto them, The word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,
Bible in Basic English
Then I said to them, The word of the Lord came to me, saying,
Complete Jewish Bible
I answered them, "The word of Adonai came to me, telling me
Darby Translation
And I said to them, The word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Then I said unto them: 'The word of the LORD came unto me, saying:
King James Version (1611)
Then I answered them, The word of the Lord came vnto me, saying;
New Life Bible
So I said to them, "The Word of the Lord came to me saying,
New Revised Standard
Then I said to them: The word of the Lord came to me:
Geneva Bible (1587)
Then I answered them, The worde of the Lord came vnto me, saying,
George Lamsa Translation
Then I said to them, This is the word of the LORD which came to me, saying,
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
So I said unto them: The word of Yahweh hath come unto me, saying:
Douay-Rheims Bible
And I said to them: The word of the Lord came to me, saying:
Revised Standard Version
Then I said to them, "The word of the LORD came to me:
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Then I said to them, The word of the Lord came to me, saying,
Good News Translation
So I said to them, "The Lord spoke to me and told me
Christian Standard Bible®
So I answered them: “The word of the Lord came to me:
Hebrew Names Version
Then I said to them, The word of the LORD came to me, saying,
King James Version
Then I answered them, The word of the Lord came unto me, saying,
Lexham English Bible
And I said to them that the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
Literal Translation
Then I said to them, The Word of Jehovah was to me, saying,
Young's Literal Translation
And I say unto them, `A word of Jehovah hath been unto me, saying:
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
I answered them, the worde off the LORDE came vnto me, sayege:
THE MESSAGE
So I told them, " God 's Word came to me, saying, ‘Tell the family of Israel, This is what God , the Master, says: I will desecrate my Sanctuary, your proud impregnable fort, the delight of your life, your heart's desire. The children you left behind will be killed.
New King James Version
Then I answered them, "The word of the LORD came to me, saying,
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then I said to them, "The word of the LORD came to me saying,
Legacy Standard Bible
Then I said to them, "The word of Yahweh came to me saying,

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
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Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then I answered them,.... And gave them an account of the design of the whole, and what was signified hereby:

the word of the Lord came unto me, saying; ordering him to do all he did; for he did nothing of himself, but all according to the divine will; and who also directed him to say the following things to the people, by way of explanation.

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.


 
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