Ezekiel 24:22 “Then you will do as I have done: You will not cover your lips or eat t…”

Ezekiel 24:22

Then you will do as I have done: You will not cover your lips or eat the bread of mourners.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And ye shall do as I have done: ye shall not cover your lips, nor eat the bread of men.

World English Bible

You will do as I have done. You won’t cover your lips or eat mourner’s bread.

American Standard Version

And ye shall do as I have done: ye shall not cover your lips, nor eat the bread of men.

Geneva Bible 1599

And ye shall doe as I haue done: ye shall not couer your lippes, neither shall ye eate the bread of men.

Darby Translation

And ye shall do as I have done: ye shall not cover the beard, neither eat the bread of men;

Young's Literal Translation

And ye have done as I have done, On the upper lip ye are not covered, And bread of men ye do not eat.

Bible in Basic English

And you will do as I have done, not covering your lips or taking the food of those in grief.

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Cross references

“And ye shall do as I have done: ye shall not cover your lips, nor eat the bread of men.”

Job 27:15 Psalm 78:64 Jeremiah 16:4–7 Jeremiah 47:3 Ezekiel 24:16 Ezekiel 24:17

Job 27:15 · BSB

His survivors will be buried by the plague, and their widows will not weep for them.

Psalm 78:64 · BSB

His priests fell by the sword, but their widows could not lament.

Jeremiah 16:4–7 · BSB

“They will die from deadly diseases. They will not be mourned or buried, but will lie like dung on the ground. They will be finished off by sword and famine, and their corpses will become food for the birds of the air an…

Jeremiah 47:3 · BSB

at the sound of the galloping hooves of stallions, the rumbling of chariots, and the clatter of their wheels. The fathers will not turn back for their sons; their hands will hang limp.

Ezekiel 24:16 · BSB

“Son of man, behold, I am about to take away the desire of your eyes with a fatal blow. But you must not mourn or weep or let your tears flow.

Ezekiel 24:17 · BSB

Groan quietly; do not mourn for the dead. Put on your turban and strap your sandals on your feet; do not cover your lips or eat the bread of mourners.”

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

21Tell the house of Israel that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I am about to desecrate My sanctuary, the pride of your power, the desire of your eyes, and the delight of your soul. And the sons and daughters you left behind will fall by the sword.’

23Your turbans will remain on your heads and your sandals on your feet. You will not mourn or weep, but you will waste away because of your sins, and you will groan among yourselves.

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