What Does Ezekiel 24:17 Mean?

“to cry”

to shriek

“Forbear”

to be dumb; by implication, to be astonished, to stop; also to perish

“for the dead”

to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill

“no mourning”

lamentation

not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles

“make”

to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application

“the tire of thine head”

an embellishment, i.e., fancy head-dress

“bind”

to wrap firmly (especially a turban, compress, or saddle); figuratively, to stop, to rule

above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications

“thy shoes”

properly, a sandal tongue; by extension a sandal or slipper (sometimes as a symbol of occupancy, a refusal to marry, or of something valueless)

“upon thee and put on”

to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)

“upon thy feet”

a foot (as used in walking); by implication, a step; by euphemistically the pudenda

not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles

“and cover”

to wrap, i.e., cover, veil, clothe, or roll

above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications

“not thy lips”

the beard (as a lippiece)

“not the bread”

food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it)

a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)

not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles

“and eat”

to eat (literally or figuratively)