Ezekiel 24:22
What does Ezekiel 24:22 mean?
A plain-English look at Ezekiel 24:22 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And ye shall do as I have done: ye shall not cover your lips, nor eat the bread of men.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And ye shall do as I have done: ye shall not cover your lips, nor eat the bread of men.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And ye shall do as I have done: ye shall not cover your lips, nor eat the bread of men.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And you will do as I have done, not covering your lips or taking the food of those in grief.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And ye have done as I have done, On the upper lip ye are not covered, And bread of men ye do not eat.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And you shall do as I have done: you shall not cover your faces, nor shall you eat the meat of mourners.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And ye shall do as I have done: ye shall not cover the beard, neither eat the bread of men;
Context
v.21Speak unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I will profane my sanctuary, the pride of your power, the desire of your eyes, and that which your soul pitieth; and your sons and your daughters whom ye have left behind shall fall by the sword.
v.22This passage
v.23And your tires shall be upon your heads, and your shoes upon your feet: ye shall not mourn nor weep; but ye shall pine away in your iniquities, and moan one toward another.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Amos 6:9
And it shall come to pass, if there remain ten men in one house, that they shall die.
- Job 27:15
Those that remain of him shall be buried in death, And his widows shall make no lamentation.
- Ezekiel 24:16
Son of man, behold, I take away from thee the desire of thine eyes with a stroke: yet thou shalt neither mourn nor weep, neither shall thy tears run down.
- Jeremiah 16:4
They shall die grievous deaths: they shall not be lamented, neither shall they be buried; they shall be as dung upon the face of the ground; and they shall be consumed by the sword, and by famine; and their dead bodies shall be food for the birds of the heavens, and for the beasts of the earth.
- Psalms 78:64
Their priests fell by the sword; And their widows made no lamentation.
- Jeremiah 47:3
At the noise of the stamping of the hoofs of his strong ones, at the rushing of his chariots, at the rumbling of his wheels, the fathers look not back to their children for feebleness of hands;
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