Forbear, &c.— Groan silently; make no funeral mourning. This translation is agreeable to the famous saying of the poet,
Curae leves loquuntur, graviores silent.*
* Light cares are talkative; heavier cares are silent.
Instead of the bread of men, Houbigant, in agreement with several of the versions, and many commentators, reads the bread of mourners. See Jeremiah 16:7.
Verse Ezekiel 24:17. _MAKE NO MOURNING_] As a _priest_, he could make no public mourning, Leviticus 21:1, c. _BIND THE TIRE OF THINE HEAD_] This seems to refer to the high priest's bonnet or perhaps...
The death of Ezekiel’s wife took place in the evening of the same day that he delivered the foregoing prophecy. This event was to signify to the people that the Lord would take from them all that was...
Ezekiel 24:1. The exact date is given by the prophet. It was the tenth day of the tenth month in the ninth year. What happened also on that date we find recorded in 2 Kings 25:1: “And it came to pass...
BIND, &c. Reference to Pentateuch (Leviticus 10:6; Leviticus 13:45; Leviticus 21:10). cover not thy lips. Compare Micah 3:7. the
_Forbear to cry_ SIGH IN SILENCE; lit. sigh, be silent. _mourning_for _the dead_ Another order was to be expected; two accus. must be assumed. _the tire of thine head_ The "tire" is not necessarily t...
III. A SIGNIFICANT DATE 24:1-27 Chapter 24 begins with an important chronological note. According to verse one Nebuchadnezzar began his attack against Jerusalem in the ninth year (of Zedekiah), the te...
B. The Death of Ezekiel's Wife 24:15-24 TRANSLATION (15) And the word of the LORD came unto me saying, (16) Son of man, behold, I am about to take from you the desire of your eyes with a stroke; yet...
Forbear to cry, make no mourning for the dead, bind the tire of thine head upon thee, and put on thy shoes upon thy feet, and cover not thy lips, and eat not the bread of men. FORBEAR TO CRY - or,...
Loosening the head-dress, baring the feet, and covering the lips, were signs of mourning (Leviticus 10:6; 2 Samuel 15:30)....
THE ALLEGORY OF THE BOILING CALDRON. EZEKIEL'S BEREAVEMENT AND SIGNIFICANT SILENCE This prophecy is dated on the day on which the siege of Jerusalem began. Ezekiel is commanded by God to note the date...
EZEKIEL: ‘THEY SHALL KNOW THAT I AM GOD’ THE *SIN OF JUDAH AND THE JUDGEMENT OF GOD EZEKIEL CHAPTER S 1 TO 24 _IAN MACKERVOY_ CHAPTER 24 * The punishment of Judah would happen soon. The *Lord c...
THE TIRE OF THINE HEAD. — This might be either the covering for the head usually worn by the people (see Ezekiel 24:23), or the special “mitre of fine linen” (Exodus 39:28) provided for the priests; b...
הֵאָנֵ֣ק ׀ דֹּ֗ם מֵתִים֙ אֵ֣בֶל לֹֽא ־תַֽעֲשֶׂ֔ה...
FINAL ORACLES AGAINST JERUSALEM Ezekiel 22:1; Ezekiel 24:1 THE close of the first period of Ezekiel's work was marked by two dramatic incidents, which made the day memorable both in the private life...
The final prophecy in this division described the coming destruction of the city. This was first done under the parable of a cauldron set on a fire, filled with water, and made to boil. The prophet ap...
Forbear to cry, make no mourning for the dead, bind thy turban upon thee, (p) and put on thy shoes upon thy feet, and cover not [thy] lips, and eat (q) not the bread of men. (p) For in mourning they...
Silence, for such manifold calamities, if thou canst screen thyself from the enemy, who will otherwise take offence, as he has brought them on. (Haydock) --- Dead. Priests were allowed to mourn only f...
See how the Lord is pleased to deal with his faithful servants! Here is a Prophet of the Lord bereaved of one that was near and dear to him; yea, the Lord himself calls her the desire of Ezekiel's eye...
In chapter 24 definitive judgment is pronounced against Jerusalem, who was not even ashamed of her sins. The day that Nebuchadnezzar lays siege to Jerusalem, the wife of the prophet dies; and, althoug...
FORBEAR TO CRY,.... Groan or howl, or make any doleful noise: or, "be silent" x: which the Talmudists y interpret of not greeting any person: MAKE NO MOURNING FOR THE DEAD; use none of those rites an...
_Forbear to cry, make no mourning for the dead, bind the tire of thine head upon thee, and put on thy shoes upon thy feet, and cover not [thy] lips, and eat not the bread of men._ Ver. 17. _Forbear t...
_Behold, I take away from thee the desire of thine eyes with a stroke_ Behold, I take away from thee thy wife, the object of thy love and thy affection, by a sudden stroke from my own immediate hand,...
Forbear to cry, violently repressing the natural show of grief, MAKE NO MOURNING FOR THE DEAD, as was customary in the Orient, BIND THE TIRE OF THINE HEAD, the head-ornament which was laid aside durin...
The Death of Ezekiel's Wife and its Significance...
FORBEAR: _ Heb._ be silent LIPS: _ Heb._ upper lip. And so vers. 22...
15-27 Though mourning for the dead is a duty, yet it must be kept under by religion and right reason: we must not sorrow as men that have no hope. Believers must not copy the language and expressions...
FORBEAR TO CRY; restrain and curb thy sorrows, neither sigh nor lament. MAKE NO MOURNING FOR THE DEAD; when thou carriest her out to burial, make no mourning for her. BIND THE TIRE OF THINE HEAD; ador...
Ezekiel 24:17 Sigh H602 (H8736) silence H1826 (H8798) make H6213 (H8799) mourning H60 dead H4191 ...
THE DEATH OF EZEKIEL'S WIFE. ‘Also the word of Yahweh came to me, saying, “Son of man, behold I am taking from you the desire of your eyes with a stroke. Yet you will neither mourn, nor weep, nor sha...
CONTENTS: Parable of the boiling pot. Ezekiel again made a sign to Israel. CHARACTERS: God, Ezekiel, King of Babylon. CONCLUSION: There is a day coming when it will be said, «He that is filthy, let...
Ezekiel 24:1. _In the ninth year,_ from Jehoiachin's captivity; or the ninth year of Zedekiah's reign. 2 Kings 25:1; Jeremiah 52:4. Jehoiachin, who is the same with Jeconiah, reigned one year before h...
_So I spake unto the people in the morning: and at even my wife died; and I did in the morning as I was commanded._ SIN THE WORST SORROW I. Other sorrows may have no evil, but even good in them; this...
EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 24:1 The two losses recounted here almost certainly belong together, and they come at a turning point in Ezekiel’s prophetic career. The first loss (vv. Ezekiel 24:1) is that o
EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 24:15 No further reference is made to a date, but the placement of this account next to the oracle about the siege of Jerusalem is significant. Ezekiel has performed other symb...
(Ezekiel 24:15.) EXEGETICAL NOTES—“With a view to affect more deeply the minds of his fellow-captives Ezekiel had announced to him the disseverance of the tenderest of all earthly ties—the removal of...
EXPOSITION EZEKIEL 24:1 IN THE NINTH YEAR. We pass from the date of Ezekiel 20:1 to B.C. 590, and the very day is identified with that on which the army of Nebuchadnezzar besieged Jerusalem ...
Now again, chapter 24, In the ninth year, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month (Ezekiel 24:1), Now notice this. He's in Babylon and on this, in the ninth year, in the tenth month, in th...
2 Samuel 15:30; Amos 8:3; Ezekiel 24:22; Ezekiel 24:23; Habakkuk 2:20
Bind the tire — Adorn thy head, as thou wast used to do; go not bare — headed as a mourner. Thy shoes — ln great mournings the Jews went bare — footed. Cover not thy lips — It was a custom among them...