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Ezekiel 24:19

World English Bible

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

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Ezekiel 24:19 in other translations

And the people said unto me, Wilt thou not tell us what these things are to us, that thou doest so?

Ezekiel 24:19 · American Standard Version

Ezekiel 24:19 in context

  1. 17Sigh, 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.”
  2. 18So I spoke to the people in the morning; and at evening my wife died. So I did in the morning as I was commanded.
  3. 19The people asked me, “Won’t you tell us what these things are to us, that you do so?”
  4. 20Then I said to them, “Yahweh’s word came to me, saying,
  5. 21‘Speak to the house of Israel, “The Lord Yahweh says: ‘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 will fall by the sword.