Ezekiel 24:17
17 Groan quietly; do not mourn for the dead. Keep your turban fastened and your sandals on your feet; do not cover your mustache and beard or eat the customary food of mourners."
Other Translations of Ezekiel 24:17
King James Version
17 Forbear
English Standard Version
17 Sigh, but not aloud; make no mourning for the dead. Bind on your turban, and put your shoes on your feet; do not cover your lips, nor eat the bread of men."
The Message
17 Keep your grief to yourself. No public mourning. Get dressed as usual and go about your work - none of the usual funeral rituals."
New King James Version
17 Sigh in silence, make no mourning for the dead; bind your turban on your head, and put your sandals on your feet; do not cover your lips, and do not eat man's bread of sorrow."
New Living Translation
17 Groan silently, but let there be no wailing at her grave. Do not uncover your head or take off your sandals. Do not perform the usual rituals of mourning or accept any food brought to you by consoling friends."
Ezekiel 24:22
22 And you will do as I have done. You will not cover your mustache and beard or eat the customary food of mourners.
Other Translations of Ezekiel 24:22
King James Version
22 And ye shall do as I have done: ye shall not cover your lips, nor eat the bread of men.
English Standard Version
22 And you shall do as I have done; you shall not cover your lips, nor eat the bread of men.
The Message
22 "'Then you'll do exactly as I've done. You'll perform none of the usual funeral rituals.
New King James Version
22 And you shall do as I have done; you shall not cover your lips nor eat man's bread of sorrow.
New Living Translation
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.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Ezekiel 24:17
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.