And ye shall do as I have done: ye shall not cover your lips, nor eat the bread of men.
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4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsAnd ye shall do as I have done: ye shall not cover your lips, nor eat the bread of men.
Then you will do as I have done: You will not cover your lips or eat the bread of mourners.
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 ye shall do as I have done: ye shall not cover the beard, neither eat the bread of men;
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentEzekiel — The exile prophet — priest taken to Babylon in 597 BC, writing to a community still convinced the exile is temporary. Wheels within wheels, the glory departing, dry bones coming to life, and the city whose new name is YHWH Shammah — ‘the LORD is there.’
- Author
- Ezekiel, son of Buzi the priest (1:3)
- Date
- Dated oracles 593 BC (1:1, fifth year of Jehoiachin's exile) to 571 BC (29:17)