Ezekiel 24:16 BSB — MannaFest

Ezekiel 24:16

“Son of man, behold, I am about to take away the desire of your eyes with a fatal blow. But you must not mourn or weep or let your tears flow.

BSB

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ASV

Son of man, behold, I take away from thee the desire of thine eyes with a stroke: yet thou shalt neither mourn nor weep, neither shall thy tears run down.

KJV

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.

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Commentary

4 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

Son of man, behold,.... This is said to raise the attention of the prophet, something strange and unusual, interesting and affecting, being about to be delivered: I take away from thee the desire of thine eyes with a stroke; meaning his wife; who very probably was of a beautiful countenance, and goodly to look to; however, of an amiable disposition, and in her conjugal relation very agreeable to the prophet; and, no doubt, a truly religious woman, and upon all account's desirable to him.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

(4.) That is least safe which is most dear; we know not how soon the desire of our eyes may be removed from us and may become the sorrow of our hearts, which is a good reason why those that have wives should be as though they had none, and those who rejoice in them as though they rejoiced not, 1 Cor. vii.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Behold, I take away from thee the desire of thine eyes - Here is an intimation that the stroke he was to suffer was to be above all grief; that it would be so great as to prevent the relief of tears. Curae leves loquuntur, graviores silent, is a well-accredited maxim in such cases. Superficial griefs affect the more easily moved passions; great ones affect the soul itself, in its powers of reasoning, reflecting, comparing, recollecting, etc., when the sufferer feels all the weight of wo.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Voices on this verse

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Original language & word study

16 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
בֶּן־	ben-	O son of	H1121 →
אָדָ֕ם	'a.Dam	humankind	H120 →
הִנְנִ֨י	hi.Ni	here I	H2005 →
לֹקֵ֧חַ	lo.Ke.ach	[am] about to take	H3947 →
מִמְּךָ֛	mi.me.Kha	from you	H4480 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
מַחְמַ֥ד	mach.Mad	[the] desire of	H4261 →
עֵינֶ֖יךָ	'ei.Nei.kha	eyes your	H5869 →
בְּמַגֵּפָ֑ה	be.ma.ge.Fah	with a blow	H4046 →
וְלֹ֤א	ve.Lo'	and not	H3808 →
תִסְפֹּד֙	tis.Pod	you must lament	H5594 →
וְלֹ֣א	ve.Lo'	and not	H3808 →
תִבְכֶּ֔ה	tiv.Keh	you must weep	H1058 →
וְל֥וֹא	ve.Lo'	and not	H3808 →
תָב֖וֹא	ta.Vo'	it will come	H935 →
דִּמְעָתֶֽךָ׃	dim.'a.Te.kha	tear[s] your	H1832 →

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The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
1 Thessalonians 4:13
Brothers, we do not want you to be uninformed about those who sleep in death, so that you will not grieve like the rest, who are without hope.
leads to
- Daniel 12:2
  And many who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake, some to everlasting life, but others to shame and everlasting contempt.
- 1 Thessalonians 4:15
  By the word of the Lord, we declare to you that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord will by no means precede those who have fallen asleep.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:10
  He died for us so that, whether we are awake or asleep, we may live together with Him.
- 1 Corinthians 15:18–19
  Then those also who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished.
- 2 Peter 3:4
  “Where is the promise of His coming?” they will ask. “Ever since our fathers fell asleep, everything continues as it has from the beginning of creation.”
Through
Song of Solomon 7:10
I belong to my beloved, and his desire is for me.
leads to
- Psalms 45:11
  and the king will desire your beauty; bow to him, for he is your lord.
Through
Jeremiah 22:10
Do not weep for the dead king; do not mourn his loss. Weep bitterly for the one who is exiled, for he will never return to see his native land.
leads to
- Ecclesiastes 4:2
  So I admired the dead, who had already died, above the living, who are still alive.
- Jeremiah 22:11
  For this is what the LORD says concerning Shallum son of Josiah, king of Judah, who succeeded his father Josiah but has gone forth from this place: “He will never return,

About Ezekiel

The Prophet Ezekiel — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

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02Original language & word study

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Where the connections lead

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06About Ezekiel

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Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

About Ezekiel