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Ezekiel 24:19 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" The people asked me, “Won’t you tell us what these things mean to us, that you act like this?” "
Ezekiel 24:19
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
17 Sigh, but not aloud. Make no mourning for the dead. Bind your headdress on you, and put your sandals on your feet. Don’t cover your lips, and don’t eat mourner’s bread.”
18 So I spoke to the people in the morning, and at evening my wife died. So I did in the morning as I was commanded.
19 The people asked me, “Won’t you tell us what these things mean to us, that you act like this?”
20 Then I said to them, “The LORD’s word came to me, saying,
21 ‘Speak to the house of Israel, “The Lord GOD says: ‘Behold, I will profane my sanctuary, the pride of your power, the desire of your eyes, and that which your soul pities; and your sons and your daughters whom you have left behind will fall by the sword.
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Ezekiel 24:1
"Again, in the ninth year, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, the LORD’s word came to me, saying,"
Ezekiel 24:2
"“Son of man, write the name of the day, this same day. The king of Babylon drew close to Jerusalem this same day."
Ezekiel 24:3
"Utter a parable to the rebellious house, and tell them, ‘The Lord GOD says, “Put the cauldron on the fire. Put it on, and also pour water into it."
Ezekiel 24:4
"Gather its pieces into it, even every good piece: the thigh and the shoulder. Fill it with the choice bones."
Ezekiel 24:5
"Take the choice of the flock, and also a pile of wood for the bones under the cauldron. Make it boil well. Yes, let its bones be boiled within it.”"
Ezekiel 24:6
"“‘Therefore the Lord GOD says: “Woe to the bloody city, to the cauldron whose rust is in it, and whose rust hasn’t gone out of it! Take out of it piece after piece without casting lots for it."
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