22 And you will do as I have done. You will not cover your mustache and beard or eat the customary food of mourners.
22 And ye shall do as I have done: ye shall not cover your lips, nor eat the bread of men.
22 And you shall do as I have done; you shall not cover your lips, nor eat the bread of men.
22 "'Then you'll do exactly as I've done. You'll perform none of the usual funeral rituals.
22 And you shall do as I have done; you shall not cover your lips nor eat man's bread of sorrow.
22 Then you will do as Ezekiel has done. You will not mourn in public or console yourselves by eating the food brought by friends.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Ezekiel 24:22
Commentary on Ezekiel 24:15-27
(Read Ezekiel 24:15-27)
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 of those who know not God. The people asked the meaning of the sign. God takes from them all that was dearest to them. And as Ezekiel wept not for his affliction, so neither should they weep for theirs. Blessed be God, we need not pine away under our afflictions; for should all comforts fail, and all sorrows be united, yet the broken heart and the mourner's prayer are always acceptable before God.