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Ezekiel 24:17 Cross-References
Explore 13 cross-references for Ezekiel 24:17 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Ezekiel chapter 24 verse 17 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“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: Heb. Be silent lips: Heb. upper lip”
Ezekiel 24:17 (KJV)
Commentary on Ezekiel 24:17
So I spake unto the people in the morning; and at even my wife died reports the sequence: Ezekiel prophesied, then that evening his wife died suddenly. And I did in the morning as I was commanded recounts his obedience. The next morning, he appeared publicly without mourning. The swiftness (evening death, morning appearance) allowed no time for processing grief privately. His immediate obedience despite crushing personal loss demonstrates prophetic commitment—God's message takes precedence over personal comfort. This isn't cold heartedness but costly obedience. True discipleship sometimes requ...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Ezekiel 24:17
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“neither will they be pleasing to him. Their sacrifices will be to them like the bread of mourners; all who eat of it will be polluted; for their bread will be for their appetite. It will not come into the house of Yahweh.”
“and wept as he went up; and he had his head covered”
“and to Eleazar and to Ithamar”
“Be still”
“nor eat the bread of men.”
“unclean.,καὶ ὁ λεπρός ἐν ᾧ ἐστιν ἡ ἁφή τὰ ἱμάτια αὐτοῦ ἔστω παραλελυμένα καὶ ἡ κεφαλὴ αὐτοῦ ἀκατακάλυπτος καὶ περὶ τὸ στόμα αὐτοῦ περιβαλέσθω καὶ ἀκάθαρτος κεκλήσεται,And the leper in whom the plague is, let his garments be ungirt, and his head uncovered; and let him have a covering put upon his mouth, and he shall be called unclean.,והצרוע אשר בו הנגע בגדיו יהיו פרומים וראשו יהיה פרוע ועל שפם יעטא וטמא טמא יקרא,And the leper in whom the plague [is], his clothes shall be rent, and his head bare, and he shall put a covering upon his upper lip, and shall cry, Unclean, unclean.,וּסְגִירָא דִי בֵהּ מַכְתָּשָׁא לְבוּשׁוֹהִי יְהוֹן מְבַזְעִין וְרֵישֵׁהּ יְהֵי פְרִיעַ וְעַל שָׂפָם כַּאֲבֵלָא יִתְעַטָף וְלָא תִסְתַּאֲבוּן וְלָא תִסְתַּאֲבוּן יִקְרֵי ,And the leper in whom is the plague,his clothes shall be rent, and his head bared; and, like the mourner, he shall be covered unto his lip, and shall cry: Be not made unclean!”
“and the diviners confounded. Yes”
“because you did it.”