King James Version (KJV)
Ezekiel 24:17
“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.”
Verse in context — Ezekiel 24
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Also the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
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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.
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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.
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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.
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And the people said unto me, Wilt thou not tell us what these [things are] to us, that thou doest [so]?
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