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Ezekiel's wife dies

15 The Lord gave me this message: 16 ‘Son of man, I will suddenly take away from you the one person who makes you happy. But you must not weep. Do not let people see that you are sad. 17 Cry inside yourself but do not cry aloud. Do not show that you are sad because someone has died. Do not remove the cloth from your head. Keep your shoes on your feet. Do not cover the lower part of your face. Do not eat the food that people eat at funerals.’[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 24:17 God told Ezekiel that he should not do the things that people usually did when someone had died. He should not show people that he was sad.