Ezek 24:12 "She has wearied Me with toil, Yet her great rust has not gone from her; Let her rust be in the fire!
Ezek 24:13 "In your filthiness is lewdness. Because I would have cleansed you, Yet you are not clean, You will not be cleansed from your filthiness again Until I have spent My wrath on you.
Ezek 24:14 "I, the LORD, have spoken; it is coming and I will act. I will not relent, and I will not pity and I will not be sorry; according to your ways and according to your deeds I will judge you," declares the Lord GOD.'"
Ezek 24:15 ¶ And the word of the LORD came to me saying,
Ezek 24:16 "Son of man, behold, I am about to take from you the desire of your eyes with a blow; but you shall not mourn and you shall not weep, and your tears shall not come.
Ezek 24:17 "Groan silently; make no mourning for the dead. Bind on your turban and put your shoes on your feet, and do not cover your mustache and do not eat the bread of men."
Ezek 24:18 So I spoke to the people in the morning, and in the evening my wife died. And in the morning I did as I was commanded.
Ezek 24:19 The people said to me, "Will you not tell us what these things that you are doing mean for us?"
Ezek 24:20 Then I said to them, "The word of the LORD came to me saying,
Ezek 24:21 'Speak to the house of Israel, "Thus says the Lord GOD, 'Behold, I am about to profane My sanctuary, the pride of your power, the desire of your eyes and the delight of your soul; and your sons and your daughters whom you have left behind will fall by the sword.
Ezek 24:22 'You will do as I have done; you will not cover your mustache and you will not eat the bread of men.
Ezek 24:23 'Your turbans will be on your heads and your shoes on your feet. You will not mourn and you will not weep, but you will rot away in your iniquities and you will groan to one another.
Ezek 24:24 'Thus Ezekiel will be a sign to you; according to all that he has done you will do; when it comes, then you will know that I am the Lord GOD.'"
Ezek 24:25 ¶ 'As for you, son of man, will it not be on the day when I take from them their stronghold, the joy of their pride, the desire of their eyes and their heart's delight, their sons and their daughters,
Ezek 24:26 that on that day he who escapes will come to you with information for your ears?
Ezek 24:27 'On that day your mouth will be opened to him who escaped, and you will speak and be mute no longer. Thus you will be a sign to them, and they will know that I am the LORD.'"
Ezek 25:1 And the word of the LORD came to me saying,
Ezek 25:2 "Son of man, set your face toward the sons of Ammon and prophesy against them,
Ezek 25:3 and say to the sons of Ammon, 'Hear the word of the Lord GOD! Thus says the Lord GOD, "Because you said, 'Aha!' against My sanctuary when it was profaned, and against the land of Israel when it was made desolate, and against the house of Judah when they went into exile,
Ezek 25:4 therefore, behold, I am going to give you to the sons of the east for a possession, and they will set their encampments among you and make their dwellings among you; they will eat your fruit and drink your milk.