The Sign of Ezekiel's Wife

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The word of ADONAI came to me:

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"Human being, with a single blow I am about to deprive you of the delight of your eyes. But you are not to lament, weep or let your tears run down.

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Sigh silently, don't observe mourning for the dead, bind your turban on your head, put your sandals on your feet, don't cover your upper lip, and don't eat the food people prepare for mourners."

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I spoke to the people in the morning, and that evening my wife died. So I did the following morning as I had been ordered.

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The people asked me, "Won't you tell us what these actions of yours mean for us?"

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I answered them, "The word of ADONAI came to me, telling me

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to speak to the house of Isra'el and say that this is what Adonai ELOHIM says: 'I am about to profane my sanctuary, the pride of your strength, the delight of your eyes and your heart's desire. Your sons and daughters whom you have left behind will die by the sword.

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But you are to do as I have done - not cover your upper lips, not eat the food people prepare for mourners,

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put your turbans on your heads and your sandals on your feet, and neither observe mourning nor cry. Rather, because of your crimes you will pine away and groan to one another.

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Thus Yechezk'el will be a sign for you; you will do just what he has done; and when this happens, you will know that I am Adonai ELOHIM.'

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