22And you will do as I have done. You will not cover the lower part of your face or eat the customary food of mourners .


In Context

19 Then the people asked me, "Won't you tell us what these things have to do with us?"

20 So I said to them, "The word of the LORD came to me:

21 Say to the house of Israel, 'This is what the Sovereign LORD says: I am about to desecrate my sanctuary-the stronghold in which you take pride, the delight of your eyes, the object of your affection. The sons and daughters you left behind will fall by the sword.

22 And you will do as I have done. You will not cover the lower part of your face or eat the customary food of mourners .

23 You will keep your turbans on your heads and your sandals on your feet. You will not mourn or weep but will waste away because of your sins and groan among yourselves.

24 Ezekiel will be a sign to you; you will do just as he has done. When this happens, you will know that I am the Sovereign LORD .'

Ezekiel 24:22 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

24:22And ye shall do as I have done: ye shall not cover [your] lips, nor eat the bread of men.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

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

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

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

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

24:22And ye shall do as I have done: ye shall not cover the beard, neither eat the bread of men;

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

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

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

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

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

24:22You shall do as I have done: you shall not cover your lips, nor eat the bread of men.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

24:22And ye have done as I have done, On the upper lip ye are not covered, And bread of men ye do not eat.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

24:22And you shall do as I have done: you shall not cover your lips, nor eat the bread of men.