Ezekiel - 24:22



22 You shall do as I have done: you shall not cover your lips, nor eat the bread of men.

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Explanation and meaning of Ezekiel 24:22.

Differing Translations

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And you shall do as I have done: you shall not cover your faces, nor shall you eat the meat of mourners.
And ye shall do as I have done: ye shall not cover the beard, neither eat the bread of men;
And ye have done as I have done, On the upper lip ye are not covered, And bread of men ye do not eat.
And you will do as I have done, not covering your lips or taking the food of those in grief.
And so, you shall do just as I have done. You shall not cover your faces, and you shall not eat the food of those who mourn.

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Historical Commentaries

Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

And ye shall do as I have done,.... When his wife died, and as he was ordered by the Lord; the meaning of Which they were now inquiring:
ye shall not cover your lips; as a token of mourning; nor use any other of their country rites and ceremonies, for fear of provoking their enemies, in whose hands they shall be:
nor eat the bread of men; or "of mourners", as the Targum; there shall be none to comfort them, or send bread to them; they shall all be alike mourners.

(Jeremiah 16:6-7). So general shall be the calamity, that all ordinary usages of mourning shall be suspended.

Ye shall do - When you are in captivity, where you may not use your own customs.

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