Ezekiel 24:17

Forbear to cry sigh in silence; lit. sigh, be silent.

mourningfor the dead Another order was to be expected; two accus. must be assumed.

the tire of thine head The "tire" is not necessarily the priestly tiara, but the ordinary headdress (Ezekiel 24:23), which would probably be white. Putting off the shoes was a sign of calamity, 2 Samuel 15:31, and also covering the lower part of the face up to the upper lip. Micah 3:7; Leviticus 13:45.

the bread of men Jeremiah 16:7, "Neither shall men break bread for them to comfort them for the dead, neither shall men give them the cup of consolation to drink for their father or for their mother."