Ezekiel 24:22

22 Then you will do what I have done. You will not cover your faces or eat the food that mourners eat.

Ezekiel 24:22 Meaning and Commentary

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.

Ezekiel 24:22 In-Context

20 So I said to them, "The Lord spoke to me and told me

21 to give you Israelites this message: You are proud of the strength of the Temple. You like to look at it and to visit it, but the Lord is going to profane it. And the younger members of your families who are left in Jerusalem will be killed in war.

22 Then you will do what I have done. You will not cover your faces or eat the food that mourners eat.

23 You will not go bareheaded or barefoot or mourn or cry. You will waste away because of your sins, and you will groan to one another.

24 Then I will be a sign to you; you will do everything I have done. The Lord says that when this happens, you will know that he is the Sovereign Lord."