Ezequiel 24:16

Almeida Revista e Corrigida

Filho do homem, eis que tirarei de ti o desejo dos teus olhos de um golpe, mas no lamentars, nem chorars, nem te correro as lgrimas.

Parallel Translations

A Biblia Sagrada
Filho do homem, eis que, de um golpe tirarei de ti o desejo dos teus olhos, mas no lamentars, nem chorars, nem te correro as lgrimas.

Almeida Revista e Atualizada
Filho do homem, eis que, s sbitas, tirarei a delcia dos teus olhos, mas no lamentars, nem chorars, nem te correro as lgrimas.

Bible Verse Review
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the desire: Ezekiel 24:18, Ezekiel 24:21, Ezekiel 24:25, Proverbs 5:19, Song of Solomon 7:10

with a: Job 36:18

yet: Ezekiel 24:21-24, Leviticus 10:2, Leviticus 10:3, Jeremiah 22:10, Jeremiah 22:18, 1 Thessalonians 4:13

thy tears: Jeremiah 9:1, Jeremiah 9:18, Jeremiah 13:17, Lamentations 2:18

run: Heb. go

Reciprocal: Genesis 3:6 - pleasant Genesis 23:2 - mourn Leviticus 10:6 - Uncover Leviticus 21:4 - General Numbers 6:6 - he shall come 2 Kings 4:20 - and then died 2 Chronicles 13:20 - Lord Jeremiah 16:5 - Enter Ezekiel 7:11 - neither Ezekiel 24:22 - General Daniel 9:23 - greatly beloved Daniel 11:37 - the desire Luke 8:42 - and she

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Son of man, behold,.... This is said to raise the attention of the prophet, something strange and unusual, interesting and affecting, being about to be delivered:

I take away from thee the desire of thine eyes with a stroke; meaning his wife; who very probably was of a beautiful countenance, and goodly to look to; however, of an amiable disposition, and in her conjugal relation very agreeable to the prophet; and, no doubt, a truly religious woman, and upon all account's desirable to him. This lovely object of his affection the Lord, who is the sovereign disposer of all persons, signifies he would take away from him by death unto himself; that is, suddenly and at once; and so the Syriac and Arabic versions render it, "with a sudden stroke"; as sometimes persons are struck with death at once with an apoplexy or palsy. The Targum renders it, with the pestilence; it was what the Jews call death by the hand of heaven, by the immediate hand of God; and, it may be, without any intervening disease; or, however, without any train of disorders which lead on to death:

yet neither shalt thou mourn nor weep; on account of the dead; neither privately nor publicly, inwardly or outwardly, though so near and dear a relation; and though it would seem strange, and be charged with want of natural affection, and with a brutish insensibility:

neither shall thy tears run down; his cheeks, by which vent would be given to his grief, and his mind somewhat eased; but all care was to be taken to prevent any gushing of them out of his eyes, and especially that they did not run down in any quantity on his cheeks, and to be seen; though they might seem to be but a proper tribute to the dead.

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 24:16. Behold, I take away from thee the desire of thine eyes — Here is an intimation that the stroke he was to suffer was to be above all grief; that it would be so great as to prevent the relief of tears.

Curae leves loquuntur, graviores silent,

is a well-accredited maxim in such cases. Superficial griefs affect the more easily moved passions; great ones affect the soul itself, in its powers of reasoning, reflecting, comparing, recollecting, &c., when the sufferer feels all the weight of wo.

Neither shall thy tears run down. — Τουτο γαρ ιδιον των οφθαλμων εν τοις μεγαλοις κακοις· εν μεν γαρ ταις μετριαις συμφοραις αφθονως τα δακρυα καταρῥει, - εν δε τοις ὑπερβαλλουσι δεινοις φευγει και τα δακρυα και προδιδωσι και τους αφθαλμους· Achill. Tat. lib. 3. c. 11. For this is the case with the eyes in great calamities: in light misfortunes tears flow freely, but in heavy afflictions tears fly away, and betray the eyes.