Ezekiel 24:19
The people asked me, “Won’t you tell us what these things mean to us, that you act like this?”
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In context
Before · Ezekiel 24:17–18
17Sigh, but not aloud. Make no mourning for the dead. Bind your headdress on you, and put your sandals on your feet. Don’t cover your lips, and don’t eat mourner’s bread.” 18So I spoke to the people in the morning, and at evening my wife died. So I did in the morning as I was commanded.
19The people asked me, “Won’t you tell us what these things mean to us, that you act like this?”
After · Ezekiel 24:20–21
20Then I said to them, “The LORD’s word came to me, saying, 21‘Speak to the house of Israel, “The Lord GOD says: ‘Behold, I will profane my sanctuary, the pride of your power, the desire of your eyes, and that which your soul pities; and your sons and your daughters whom you have left behind will fall by the sword.