Year not stated · Exile
Ezekiel's wife dies as Jerusalem is besieged
God told Ezekiel that his wife, the delight of his eyes, would die and that he must not perform the customary public mourning. His restrained grief became a sign of the stunned sorrow the exiles would feel when the sanctuary was profaned (Ezekiel 24:15-27).
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📖 Ezekiel 24:15–17
15Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying, 16“Son of man, behold, I am about to take away the desire of your eyes with a fatal blow. But you must not mourn or weep or let your tears flow. 17Groan quietly; do not mourn for the dead. Put on your turban and strap your sandals on your feet; do not cover your lips or eat the bread of mourners.”
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Sources: Scripture — Ezekiel 24:15-27
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