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Ezekiel 24:23 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: King James Version

" And your tires shall be upon your heads, and your shoes upon your feet: ye shall not mourn nor weep; but ye shall pine away for your iniquities, and mourn one toward another. "

Ezekiel 24:23

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21 Speak unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will profane my sanctuary, the excellency of your strength, the desire of your eyes, and that which your soul pitieth; and your sons and your daughters whom ye have left shall fall by the sword.

22 And ye shall do as I have done: ye shall not cover your lips, nor eat the bread of men.

23 And your tires shall be upon your heads, and your shoes upon your feet: ye shall not mourn nor weep; but ye shall pine away for your iniquities, and mourn one toward another.

24 Thus Ezekiel is unto you a sign: according to all that he hath done shall ye do: and when this cometh, ye shall know that I am the Lord GOD.

25 Also, thou son of man, shall it not be in the day when I take from them their strength, the joy of their glory, the desire of their eyes, and that whereupon they set their minds, their sons and their daughters,

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2 Samuel 15:30

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From This Chapter

Ezekiel 24:1

"Again in the ninth year, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,"

Ezekiel 24:2

"Son of man, write thee the name of the day, even of this same day: the king of Babylon set himself against Jerusalem this same day."

Ezekiel 24:3

"And utter a parable unto the rebellious house, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Set on a pot, set it on, and also pour water into it:"

Ezekiel 24:4

"Gather the pieces thereof 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 burn also the bones under it, and make it boil well, and let them seethe the bones of it therein."

Ezekiel 24:6

"Wherefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe to the bloody city, to the pot whose scum is therein, and whose scum is not gone out of it! bring it out piece by piece; let no lot fall upon it."

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