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Ezekiel 24:17

American Standard Version

Sigh, but not aloud, make no mourning for the dead; bind thy headtire upon thee, and put thy shoes upon thy feet, and cover not thy lips, and eat not the bread of men.

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Ezekiel 24:17 in other translations

Sigh, but not aloud. Make no mourning for the dead. Bind your headdress on you, and put your sandals on your feet. Don’t cover your lips, and don’t eat mourner’s bread.”

Ezekiel 24:17 · World English Bible

Ezekiel 24:17 in context

  1. 15Also the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,
  2. 16Son 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.
  3. 17Sigh, but not aloud, make no mourning for the dead; bind thy headtire upon thee, and put thy shoes upon thy feet, and cover not thy lips, and eat not the bread of men.
  4. 18So I spake unto the people in the morning; and at even my wife died; and I did in the morning as I was commanded.
  5. 19And the people said unto me, Wilt thou not tell us what these things are to us, that thou doest so?