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Ezekiel 24:19
Ezekiel 24:19 is verse 19 of Ezekiel chapter 24, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
Then the people asked me, “Won’t you tell us what these things you are doing mean to us?”
King James Version
And the people said unto me, Wilt thou not tell us what these things are to us, that thou doest so?
World English Bible
The people asked me, “Won’t you tell us what these things mean to us, that you act like this?”
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Ezekiel 24:17–21 · Berean Standard Bible
17 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.”
18 So I spoke to the people in the morning, and in the evening my wife died. And the next morning I did as I had been commanded.
19 Then the people asked me, “Won’t you tell us what these things you are doing mean to us?”
20 So I answered them, “The word of the LORD came to me, saying:
21 Tell the house of Israel that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I am about to desecrate My sanctuary, the pride of your power, the desire of your eyes, and the delight of your soul. And the sons and daughters you left behind will fall by the sword.’
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Ezekiel 12:9“Son of man, hasn’t the rebellious house of Israel asked you, ‘What are you doing?’
Ezekiel 17:12“Now say to this rebellious house: ‘Do you not know what these things mean?’ Tell them, ‘Behold, the king of Babylon came to Jerusalem, carried off its king and officials, and brought them back with him to Babylon.
Ezekiel 20:49Then I said, “Ah, Lord GOD, they are saying of me, ‘Is he not just telling parables?’”
Ezekiel 21:7And when they ask, ‘Why are you groaning?’ you are to say, ‘Because of the news that is coming. Every heart will melt, and every hand will go limp. Every spirit will faint, and every knee will turn to water.’ Yes, it is coming and it will surely happen, declares the Lord GOD.”
Ezekiel 37:18When your people ask you, ‘Won’t you explain to us what you mean by these?’
Malachi 3:7Yet from the days of your fathers, you have turned away from My statutes and have not kept them. Return to Me, and I will return to you,” says the LORD of Hosts. “But you ask, ‘How can we return?’
Malachi 3:8Will a man rob God? Yet you are robbing Me! But you ask, ‘How do we rob You?’ In tithes and offerings.
Malachi 3:13“Your words against Me have been harsh,” says the LORD. “Yet you ask, ‘What have we spoken against You?’