Yechezkel 24:22

22 And ye shall do just as I have done: ye shall not cover your safam (mustache), nor eat lechem anashim.

Yechezkel 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.

Yechezkel 24:22 In-Context

20 Then I answered them. The Devar Hashem came unto me, saying,

21 Speak unto Bais Yisroel, Thus saith Adonoi Hashem: Hineni, I will desecrate My Mikdash, the ga’on (pride) of your power, the makhmad of your [plural] eynayim, and the very passion of your nefesh; and your banim and your banot whom ye have left behind shall fall by the cherev.

22 And ye shall do just as I have done: ye shall not cover your safam (mustache), nor eat lechem anashim.

23 And your turbans shall be upon your heads, and your sandals upon your feet; ye shall not wail nor weep; but ye shall waste away for your avonot, and groan one toward another.

24 Thus Yechezkel is unto you as a mofet [See Zech 3:8; Isa 8:18]; according to all that he hath done shall ye do; and when this cometh, ye shall know that I am Adonoi Hashem.