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Ezekiel 24:19

17 Groan quietly; do not mourn for the dead. Put on your turban and strap your sandals on your feet; do not cover your lips or eat the bread of mourners.”

18 So I spoke to the people in the morning, and in the evening my wife died. And the next morning I did as I had been commanded.

Then the people asked me, “Won’t you tell us what these things you are doing mean to us?”

20 So I answered them, “The word of the LORD came to me, saying:

21 Tell the house of Israel that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I am about to desecrate My sanctuary, the pride of your power, the desire of your eyes, and the delight of your soul. And the sons and daughters you left behind will fall by the sword.’

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Then the people asked me, “Won’t you tell us what these things you are doing mean to us?”
KJV
And the people said unto me, Wilt thou not tell us what these things are to us, that thou doest so?
WEB
The people asked me, “Won’t you tell us what these things mean to us, that you act like this?”
ASV
And the people said unto me, Wilt thou not tell us what these things are to us, that thou doest so?
DARBY
And the people said unto me, Wilt thou not tell us what these things are to us, which thou doest?
BLB
And the people said to me: “Will you not declare to us what these [things] [are] to us, that you are doing [this]?”
ÅB
Da sa folket til meg: Vil du ikke si oss hva det betyr at du gjør så?
OTB
Da spurte folket meg: "Vil du ikke fortelle oss hva disse tingene betyr for oss, det du gjør?"
B1930
Da sa folket til mig: Vil du ikke si oss hvad det betyr at du gjør så?

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Ezekiel 12:9

    “Son of man, hasn’t the rebellious house of Israel asked you, ‘What are you doing?’

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  • Ezekiel 37:18

    When your people ask you, ‘Won’t you explain to us what you mean by these?’

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  • Ezekiel 17:12

    “Now say to this rebellious house: ‘Do you not know what these things mean?’ Tell them, ‘Behold, the king of Babylon came to Jerusalem, carried off its king and officials, and brought them back with him to Babylon.

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  • Ezekiel 20:49

    Then I said, “Ah, Lord GOD, they are saying of me, ‘Is he not just telling parables?’”

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  • Ezekiel 21:7

    And when they ask, ‘Why are you groaning?’ you are to say, ‘Because of the news that is coming. Every heart will melt, and every hand will go limp. Every spirit will faint, and every knee will turn to water.’ Yes, it is coming and it will surely happen, declares the Lord GOD.”

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  • Malachi 3:13

    “Your words against Me have been harsh,” says the LORD. “Yet you ask, ‘What have we spoken against You?’

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  • Malachi 3:7–8

    Yet from the days of your fathers, you have turned away from My statutes and have not kept them. Return to Me, and I will return to you,” says the LORD of Hosts. “But you ask, ‘How can we return?’

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