Ezekiel 24:22
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And you will do as I have done. You will not cover your mustache and beard or eat the customary food of mourners.
Read Ezekiel 24:22 Using Other Translations
And ye shall do as I have done: ye shall not cover your lips, nor eat the bread of men.
And you shall do as I have done; you shall not cover your lips, nor eat the bread of men.
Then you will do as Ezekiel has done. You will not mourn in public or console yourselves by eating the food brought by friends.
What does Ezekiel 24:22 mean?
John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
Ezekiel 24:22
And ye shall do as I have done
When his wife died, and as he was ordered by the Lord; the
meaning of Which they were now inquiring: ye shall not
cover your lips;
as a token of mourning; nor use any other of their country rites
and ceremonies, for fear of provoking their enemies, in whose
hands they shall be: nor eat the bread of men;
or "of mourners", as the Targum; there shall be none to comfort
them, or send bread to them; they shall all be alike mourners.
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