EZEKIEL 24:16 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“Son of man, behold, I take away from thee the desire of thine eyes with a stroke: yet neither shalt thou mourn nor weep, neither shall thy tears run down.”
Sigh, but not aloud; make no mourning for the dead; bind on your turban, and put your sandals on your feet; do not cover your lips, and do not eat the bread of mourners. The normal mourning practices are inverted: Ezekiel must maintain normal appearance despite the death of his beloved. The refusal to mourn models the required response to Jerusalem's destruction.
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