The Sign of Ezekiel's Wife

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Also the LORD’s word came to me, saying,

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Son of man, behold, I will take away from you the desire of your eyes with a stroke: yet you shall neither mourn nor weep, neither shall your tears run down.

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Sigh, but not aloud, make no mourning for the dead; bind your headdress on you, and put your shoes on your feet, and don’t cover your lips, and don’t eat men’s bread.

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So I spoke to the people in the morning; and at even my wife died; and I did in the morning as I was commanded.

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The people said to me, Won’t you tell us what these things are to us, that you do so?

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Then I said to them, the LORD’s word came to me, saying,

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Speak to the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord GOD: Behold, I will profane my sanctuary, the pride of your power, the desire of your eyes, and that which your soul pities; and your sons and your daughters whom you have left behind shall fall by the sword.

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You shall do as I have done: you shall not cover your lips, nor eat the bread of men.

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Your tires shall be on your heads, and your shoes on your feet: you shall not mourn nor weep; but you shall pine away in your iniquities, and moan one toward another.

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Thus Ezekiel shall be a sign to you; according to all that he has done, you will do. When this comes, then you will know that I am the Lord GOD.

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