rsv Ezekiel:24:15-27
rsv@Ezekiel:24:15 @ Also the word of the LORD came to me:
rsv@Ezekiel:24:16 @ "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.
rsv@Ezekiel:24:17 @ 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."
rsv@Ezekiel:24:18 @ 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.
rsv@Ezekiel:24:19 @ And the people said to me, "Will you not tell us what these things mean for us, that you are acting thus?"
rsv@Ezekiel:24:20 @ Then I said to them, "The word of the LORD came to me:
rsv@Ezekiel:24:21 @ `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.
rsv@Ezekiel:24:22 @ And you shall do as I have done; you shall not cover your lips, nor eat the bread of mourners.
rsv@Ezekiel:24:23 @ 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.
rsv@Ezekiel:24:24 @ 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.'
rsv@Ezekiel:24:25 @ "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,
rsv@Ezekiel:24:26 @ on that day a fugitive will come to you to report to you the news.
rsv@Ezekiel:24:27 @ 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."
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