Ezekiel 24:22-24

Contemporary English Version

²²Then you will do the same things I have done. You will leave your face uncovered and refuse to eat the food that mourners usually eat. ²³You won't take off your turbans and your sandals.^[a] You won't cry or mourn, but all day long you will go around groaning because of your sins.

²⁴I am a warning sign—everything I have done, you will also do. And then you will know the Lord God has made these things happen.

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Footnotes

24.22,23 You will leave your face uncovered … refuse to eat the food … won't take off your turbans and your sandals: See the note at 24.17.

Ezekiel 24:22-24

New International Version

²²And you will do as I have done. You will not cover your mustache and beard^(A) or eat the customary food of mourners.^(B) ²³You will keep your turbans^(C) on your heads and your sandals^(D) on your feet. You will not mourn^(E) or weep but will waste away^(F) because of^[a] your sins and groan among yourselves.^(G) ²⁴Ezekiel^(H) will be a sign^(I) to you; you will do just as he has done. When this happens, you will know that I am the Sovereign Lord.’