Ezekiel 24 · Verse 22

Ezekiel 24:22

And ye shall do as I have done: ye shall not cover your lips, nor eat the bread of men.
Ezekiel 24:22, King James Version

Ezekiel 24:22 in other translations

BSBThen you will do as I have done: You will not cover your lips or eat the bread of mourners.
WEBYou will do as I have done. You won’t cover your lips or eat mourner’s bread.
ASVAnd ye shall do as I have done: ye shall not cover your lips, nor eat the bread of men.
YLTAnd ye have done as I have done, On the upper lip ye are not covered, And bread of men ye do not eat.
DARBYAnd ye shall do as I have done: ye shall not cover the beard, neither eat the bread of men;
BBEAnd you will do as I have done, not covering your lips or taking the food of those in grief.
WebsterAnd ye shall do as I have done: ye shall not cover your lips, nor eat the bread of men.

What does Ezekiel 24:22 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
22. (Jr 16:6, 7). So general shall be the calamity, that all ordinary usages of mourning shall be suspended.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · 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 24:22 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.

וַעֲשִׂיתֶ֖םva.'a.si.Temand you will doH6213
כַּאֲשֶׁ֣רka.'a.Sherjust asH834
עָשִׂ֑יתִי'a.Si.tiI have doneH6213
עַל\־'al-overH5921
שָׂפָם֙sa.Fama moustacheH8222
לֹ֣אlo'notH3808
תַעְט֔וּta'.Tuyou must coverH5844
וְלֶ֥חֶםve.Le.chemand food ofH3899
אֲנָשִׁ֖ים'a.na.ShimpeopleH582
לֹ֥אlo'notH3808
תֹאכֵֽלוּ\׃to.Khe.luyou must eatH398

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

Cross references for Ezekiel 24:22

  • Jeremiah 16:4-7

    They shall die of grievous deaths; they shall not be lamented; neither shall they be buried; but they shall be as dung upon the face of the earth: and they shall be consumed by the sword, and by famine; and their carcases shall be meat for the fowls of heaven, and for the beasts of the earth. For thus saith the Lord, Enter not into the house of mourning, neither go to lament nor bemoan them: for I have taken away my peace from this people, saith the Lord, even lovingkindness and mercies. Both the great and the small shall die in this land: they shall not be buried, neither shall men lament for them, nor cut themselves, nor make themselves bald for them: Neither shall men tear themselves for them in mourning, to comfort them for the dead; neither shall men give them the cup of consolation to drink for their father or for their mother.

  • Amos 6:9-10

    And it shall come to pass, if there remain ten men in one house, that they shall die. And a man’s uncle shall take him up, and he that burneth him, to bring out the bones out of the house, and shall say unto him that is by the sides of the house, Is there yet any with thee? and he shall say, No. Then shall he say, Hold thy tongue: for we may not make mention of the name of the Lord.

  • Ezekiel 24:16-17

    Son of man, behold, I take away from thee the desire of thine eyes with a stroke: yet neither shalt thou mourn nor weep, neither shall thy tears run down. Forbear to cry, make no mourning for the dead, bind the tire of thine head upon thee, and put on thy shoes upon thy feet, and cover not thy lips, and eat not the bread of men.

  • Psalms 78:64

    Their priests fell by the sword; and their widows made no lamentation.

  • Jeremiah 47:3

    At the noise of the stamping of the hoofs of his strong horses, at the rushing of his chariots, and at the rumbling of his wheels, the fathers shall not look back to their children for feebleness of hands;

  • Job 27:15

    Those that remain of him shall be buried in death: and his widows shall not weep.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
16,17; Job 27:15; Ps 78:64; Jer 16:4-7; 47:3; Am 6:9,10

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

Context

  • Ezekiel 24:21

    Speak unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I will profane my sanctuary, the excellency of your strength, the desire of your eyes, and that which your soul pitieth; and your sons and your daughters whom ye have left shall fall by the sword.

  • Ezekiel 24:22

    And ye shall do as I have done: ye shall not cover your lips, nor eat the bread of men.

  • Ezekiel 24:23

    And your tires shall be upon your heads, and your shoes upon your feet: ye shall not mourn nor weep; but ye shall pine away for your iniquities, and mourn one toward another.

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Ezekiel 24:22 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y haréis de la manera que yo hice: no os cubriréis con rebozo, ni comeréis pan de hombres;
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et vous ferez comme j’ai fait: vous ne couvrirez point votre barbe et vous ne mangerez pas le pain des hommes;
German
Elberfelder 1871
Dann werdet ihr tun, wie ich getan habe: den Bart werdet ihr nicht verhüllen und Brot der Leute nicht essen,
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Et facietis sicut feci: ora amictu non velabitis, et cibos lugentium non comedetis: