rsv Ezekiel:24:15-27 SEEK
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Also the word of the LORD came to me :
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Son of man ,
behold ,
I am about to take the delight of your eyes away from you at a stroke ;
yet you shall not mourn or weep nor shall your tears run down .
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Sigh ,
but not aloud ;
make no mourning for the dead .
Bind on your turban ,
and put your shoes on your feet ;
do not cover your lips ,
nor eat the bread of mourners ."
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So I spoke to the people in the morning ,
and at evening my wife died .
And on the next morning I did as I was commanded .
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And the people said to me , "
Will you not tell us what these things mean for us ,
that you are acting thus ?"
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Then I said to them , "
The word of the LORD came to me :
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Say to the house of Israel ,
Thus says the Lord GOD :
Behold ,
I will profane my sanctuary ,
the pride of your power ,
the delight of your eyes ,
and the desire of your soul ;
and your sons and your daughters whom you left behind shall fall by the sword .
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And you shall do as I have done ;
you shall not cover your lips ,
nor eat the bread of mourners .
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Your turbans shall be on your heads and your shoes on your feet ;
you shall not mourn or weep ,
but you shall pine away in your iniquities and groan to one another .
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Thus shall Ezekiel be to you a sign ;
according to all that he has done you shall do .
When this comes ,
then you will know that I am the Lord GOD .'
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And you ,
son of man ,
on the day when I take from them their stronghold ,
their joy and glory ,
the delight of their eyes and their heart '
s desire ,
and also their sons and daughters ,
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on that day a fugitive will come to you to report to you the news .
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On that day your mouth will be opened to the fugitive ,
and you shall speak and be no longer dumb .
So you will be a sign to them ;
and they will know that I am the LORD ."