Ezekiel 24 · Verse 19

Ezekiel 24:19

And the people said unto me, Wilt thou not tell us what these things are to us, that thou doest so?
Ezekiel 24:19, King James Version

Ezekiel 24:19 in other translations

BSBThen the people asked me, “Won’t you tell us what these things you are doing mean to us?”
WEBThe people asked me, “Won’t you tell us what these things mean to us, that you act like this?”
ASVAnd the people said unto me, Wilt thou not tell us what these things are to us, that thou doest so?
YLTAnd the people say unto me, ‘Dost thou not declare to us what these are to us, that thou art doing?'
DARBYAnd the people said unto me, Wilt thou not tell us what these things are to us, which thou doest?
BBEAnd the people said to me, Will you not make clear to us the sense of these things; is it for us you do them?
WebsterAnd the people said to me, Wilt thou not tell us what these things are to us, that thou doest so?

What does Ezekiel 24:19 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
19. what these things are to us--The people perceive that Ezekiel's strange conduct has a symbolical meaning as to themselves; they ask, "What is that meaning?"

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 19 Wilt thou not tell us - In the following verses he explains and applies the whole of what he had done and said.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Ezekiel 24:15-27

Though mourning for the dead is a duty, yet it must be kept under by religion and right reason: we must not sorrow as men that have no hope. Believers must not copy the language and expressions of those who know not God. The people asked the meaning of the sign. God takes from them all that was dearest to them. And as Ezekiel wept not for his affliction, so neither should they weep for theirs. Blessed be God, we…

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Ezekiel 24:19 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיֹּאמְר֥וּvai.yo.me.Ruand they saidH559
אֵלַ֖י'e.Laito meH413
הָעָ֑םha.'Amthe peopleH5971
הֲלֹֽא\־ha.lo'-¿ notH3808
תַגִּ֥ידta.Gidwill you tellH5046
לָ֙נוּ֙la.nuto us
מָה\־mah-what?H4100
אֵ֣לֶּה'E.leh[are] these [things]H428
לָּ֔נוּLa.nufor us
כִּ֥יkithatH3588
אַתָּ֖ה'a.TahyouH859
עֹשֶֽׂה\׃'o.Seh[are] doingH6213

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Ezekiel 24:19

  • Ezekiel 12:9

    Son of man, hath not the house of Israel, the rebellious house, said unto thee, What doest thou?

  • Ezekiel 37:18

    And when the children of thy people shall speak unto thee, saying, Wilt thou not shew us what thou meanest by these?

  • Ezekiel 17:12

    Say now to the rebellious house, Know ye not what these things mean? tell them, Behold, the king of Babylon is come to Jerusalem, and hath taken the king thereof, and the princes thereof, and led them with him to Babylon;

  • Ezekiel 20:49

    Then said I, Ah Lord God! they say of me, Doth he not speak parables?

  • Ezekiel 21:7

    And it shall be, when they say unto thee, Wherefore sighest thou? that thou shalt answer, For the tidings; because it cometh: and every heart shall melt, and all hands shall be feeble, and every spirit shall faint, and all knees shall be weak as water: behold, it cometh, and shall be brought to pass, saith the Lord God.

  • Malachi 3:13

    Your words have been stout against me, saith the Lord. Yet ye say, What have we spoken so much against thee?

  • Malachi 3:7-8

    Even from the days of your fathers ye are gone away from mine ordinances, and have not kept them. Return unto me, and I will return unto you, saith the Lord of hosts. But ye said, Wherein shall we return? Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
12:9; 17:12; 20:49; 21:7; 37:18; Mal 3:7,8,13

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Ezekiel 24:18

    So I spake unto the people in the morning: and at even my wife died; and I did in the morning as I was commanded.

  • Ezekiel 24:19

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

  • Ezekiel 24:20

    Then I answered them, The word of the Lord came unto me, saying,

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Ezekiel 24:19 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y díjome el pueblo: ¿No nos enseñarás qué nos significan estas cosas que tú haces?
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et le peuple me dit: Ne nous déclareras-tu pas ce que signifient pour nous ces choses que tu fais?
German
Elberfelder 1871		Da sprach das Volk zu mir: Willst du uns nicht kundtun, was dies uns bedeuten soll, daß du so tust?
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Et dixit ad me populus: Quare non indicas nobis quid ista significent quæ tu facis?