Ezekiel 24:17
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Sigh in silence, make no mourning for the dead: let the tire of thy head be upon thee, and thy shoes on thy feet, and cover not thy face, nor eat the meat of mourners.

Forbear to cry.

Psalm 37:7 Be subject to the Lord and pray to him. Envy not the man who prospereth in his way; the man who doth unjust things.

Psalm 39:9 I was dumb, and I opened not my mouth, because thou hast done it.

Psalm 46:10 Be still and see that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, and I will be exalted in the earth.

Amos 8:3 And he said: What seest thou, Amos? And I said: A hook to draw down fruit. And the Lord said to me: The end is come upon my people Israel: I will not again pass by them any more.

Habakkuk 2:20 But the Lord is in his holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before him.

make

Jeremiah 16:4-7 They shall die by the death of grievous illnesses: they shall not be lamented, and they shall not be buried, they shall be as dung upon the face of the earth: and they shall be consumed with the sword, and with famine: and their carcasses shall be meat for the fowls of the air, and for the beasts of the earth. . . .

bind

Ezekiel 24:23 You shall have crowns on your heads, and shoes on your feet: you shall not lament nor weep, but you shall pine away for your iniquities, and every one shall sigh with his brother.

Leviticus 10:6 And Moses said to Aaron, and to Eleazar and Ithamar, his sons: Uncover not your heads, and rend not your garments, lest perhaps you die, and indignation come upon all the congregation. Let your brethren, and all the house of Israel, bewail the burning which the Lord has kindled.

Leviticus 21:10 The high priest, that is to say, the priest who is the greatest among his brethren, upon whose head the oil of unction hath been poured; and whose hands have been consecrated for the priesthood; and who hath been vested with the holy vestments. He shall not uncover his head: he shall not rend his garments.

put

2 Samuel 15:30 But David went up by the ascent of mount Olivet, going up and weeping, walking barefoot, and with his head covered, and all the people that were with them, went up with their heads covered weeping.

cover

Ezekiel 24:22 And you shall do as I have done: you shall not cover your faces, nor shall you eat the meat of mourners.

Leviticus 13:45 Shall have his clothes hanging loose, his head bare, his mouth covered with a cloth: and he shall cry out that he is defiled and unclean.

Micah 3:7 Therefore night shall be to you instead of vision, and darkness to you instead of divination: and the sun shall go down upon the prophets, and the day shall be darkened over them.

lips [heb] upper lip, and so ver.

22 eat

Hosea 9:4 They shall not offer wine to the Lord, neither shall they please him: their sacrifices shall be like the bread of mourners: all that shall eat it shall be defiled: for their bread is life for their soul, it shall not enter into the house of the Lord.

the bread of men.

Jeremiah 16:7 And they shall not break bread among them to him that mourneth, to comfort him for the dead: neither shall they give them for their father and mother.

Context
Ezekiel's Wife Dies
16Son of man, behold I take from thee the desire of thy eyes with a stroke, and thou shall not lament, nor weep; neither shall thy tears run down. 17Sigh in silence, make no mourning for the dead: let the tire of thy head be upon thee, and thy shoes on thy feet, and cover not thy face, nor eat the meat of mourners.18So I spoke to the people in the morning, and my wife died in the evening: and I did in the morning as he had commanded me.…
Cross References
Matthew 9:23
And when Jesus was come into the house of the ruler, and saw the minstrels and the multitude making a rout,

Leviticus 13:45
Shall have his clothes hanging loose, his head bare, his mouth covered with a cloth: and he shall cry out that he is defiled and unclean.

Leviticus 21:10
The high priest, that is to say, the priest who is the greatest among his brethren, upon whose head the oil of unction hath been poured; and whose hands have been consecrated for the priesthood; and who hath been vested with the holy vestments. He shall not uncover his head: he shall not rend his garments.

2 Samuel 15:30
But David went up by the ascent of mount Olivet, going up and weeping, walking barefoot, and with his head covered, and all the people that were with them, went up with their heads covered weeping.

Isaiah 20:2
At that same time the Lord spoke by the hand of Isaiah the son of Amos, saying Go, and loose the sackcloth from off thy loins, and take off thy shoes from thy feet. And he did so, and went naked, and barefoot.

Jeremiah 13:18
Say to the king, and to the queen: Humble yourselves, sit down: for the crown of your glory is come down from your head.

Jeremiah 16:7
And they shall not break bread among them to him that mourneth, to comfort him for the dead: neither shall they give them for their father and mother.

Ezekiel 24:18
So I spoke to the people in the morning, and my wife died in the evening: and I did in the morning as he had commanded me.

Ezekiel 44:18
They shall have linen mitres on their heads, and linen breeches on their loins, and they shall not be girded with any thing that causeth sweat.

Hosea 9:4
They shall not offer wine to the Lord, neither shall they please him: their sacrifices shall be like the bread of mourners: all that shall eat it shall be defiled: for their bread is life for their soul, it shall not enter into the house of the Lord.

Lexicon
Groan
הֵאָנֵ֣ק ׀ (hê·’ā·nêq)
Verb - Nifal - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 602: To cry, groan

quietly;
דֹּ֗ם (dōm)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1826: To be dumb, to be astonished, to stop, to perish

do not
לֹֽא־ (lō-)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

mourn
אֵ֣בֶל (’ê·ḇel)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 60: Lamentation

for the dead.
מֵתִים֙ (mê·ṯîm)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 4191: To die, to kill

Put
חֲב֣וֹשׁ (ḥă·ḇō·wōš)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2280: To wrap firmly, to stop, to rule

on
עָלֶ֔יךָ (‘ā·le·ḵā)
Preposition | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against

your turban
פְאֵֽרְךָ֙ (p̄ə·’ê·rə·ḵā)
Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6287: An embellishment, fancy head-dress

and strap
תָּשִׂ֣ים (tā·śîm)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7760: Put -- to put, place, set

your sandals
וּנְעָלֶ֖יךָ (ū·nə·‘ā·le·ḵā)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5275: A sandal tongue, a sandal, slipper

on your feet;
בְּרַגְלֶ֑יךָ (bə·raḡ·le·ḵā)
Preposition-b | Noun - fdc | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7272: A foot, a step, the pudenda

do not
וְלֹ֤א (wə·lō)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

cover
תַעְטֶה֙ (ṯa‘·ṭeh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5844: To wrap oneself, enwrap, envelop oneself

[your] lips
שָׂפָ֔ם (śā·p̄ām)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8222: The beard

or eat
תֹאכֵֽל׃ (ṯō·ḵêl)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 398: To eat

the bread
וְלֶ֥חֶם (wə·le·ḥem)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3899: Food, bread, grain

of mourners.”
אֲנָשִׁ֖ים (’ă·nā·šîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 376: A man as an individual, a male person


Additional Translations
Groan quietly; do not mourn for the dead. Put on your turban and strap your sandals on your feet; do not cover your lips or eat the bread of mourners.”Forbear to cry, make no mourning for the dead, bind the tire of your head on you, and put on your shoes on your feet, and cover not your lips, and eat not the bread of men.

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.

Thou shalt groan for blood, and have mourning upon thy loins; thy hair shall not be braided upon thee, and thy sandals shall be on thy feet; thou shalt in no wise be comforted by their lips, and thou shalt not eat the bread of men.

Sigh in silence, make no mourning for the dead; bind thy turban upon thee, and put thy sandals upon thy feet, and cover not the beard, and eat not the bread of men.

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.

Forbear to cry, make no mourning for the dead, bind the tire of thy head upon thee, and put on thy shoes upon thy feet, and cover not thy lips, and eat not the bread of men.

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.

Cease to groan, for the dead thou dost make no mourning, thy bonnet bind on thee, and thy shoes thou dost put on thy feet, and thou dost not cover over the upper lip, and bread of men thou dost not eat.'
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