Ezekiel 24:18
So I spoke to the people in the morning, and my wife died in the evening. In the morning I acted just as I was commanded.
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- 1 Cor 7:29-30 : 29 And I say this, brothers and sisters: The time is short. So then those who have wives should be as those who have none, 30 those with tears like those not weeping, those who rejoice like those not rejoicing, those who buy like those without possessions,
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19 Then the people said to me,“Will you not tell us what these things you are doing mean for us?”
20 So I said to them:“The LORD’s message came to me:
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15 Ezekiel’s Wife Dies The LORD’s message came to me:
16 “Son of man, realize that I am about to take the delight of your eyes away from you with a jolt, but you must not mourn or weep or shed tears.
17 Groan to moan for the dead, but do not perform mourning rites. Bind on your turban and put your sandals on your feet. Do not cover your lip and do not eat food brought by others.”
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7 So I did just as I was commanded. I carried out my belongings packed for exile during the day, and at evening I dug myself a hole through the wall with my hands. I went out in the darkness, carrying my baggage on my shoulder while they watched.
8 The LORD’s message came to me in the morning:
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19 This woman’s child suffocated during the night when she rolled on top of him.
20 She got up in the middle of the night and took my son from my side, while your servant was sleeping. She put him in her arms, and put her dead son in my arms.
21 I got up in the morning to nurse my son, and there he was, dead! But when I examined him carefully in the morning, I realized it was not my baby.”
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24 and my anger will burn and I will kill you with the sword, and your wives will be widows and your children will be fatherless.
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14 I have not eaten anything when I was in mourning, or removed any of it while ceremonially unclean, or offered any of it to the dead; I have obeyed you and have done everything you have commanded me.
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26 When Uriah’s wife heard that her husband Uriah was dead, she mourned for him.
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9 Then his wife said to him,“Are you still holding firmly to your integrity? Curse God, and die!”
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1 Jeremiah Forbidden to Marry, to Mourn, or to Feast The LORD’s message came to me,
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37 In the morning, when Nabal was sober, his wife told him about these matters. He had a stroke and was paralyzed.
38 After about ten days the LORD struck Nabal down and he died.
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5 The king replied to her,“What do you want?” She answered,“I am a widow; my husband is dead.
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10 then let my wife turn the millstone for another man, and may other men commit adultery with her.
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5 “Moreover I, the LORD, tell you:‘Do not go into a house where they are having a funeral meal. Do not go there to mourn and express your sorrow for them. For I have stopped showing them my good favor, my love, and my compassion. I, the LORD, so affirm it!
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21 So let their children die of starvation. Let them be cut down by the sword. Let their wives lose their husbands and children. Let the older men die of disease and the younger men die by the sword in battle.
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27 Last of all, the woman died.
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22 He replied,“While the child was still alive, I fasted and wept because I thought,‘Perhaps the LORD will show pity and the child will live.
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18 On the seventh day the child died. But the servants of David were afraid to inform him that the child had died, for they said,“While the child was still alive he would not listen to us when we spoke to him. How can we tell him that the child is dead? He will do himself harm!”
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32 Finally the woman died too.
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17 “Therefore this is what the LORD says:‘Your wife will become a prostitute in the streets and your sons and daughters will die violently. Your land will be given to others and you will die in a foreign land. Israel will certainly be carried into exile away from its land.’”
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10 At once she collapsed at his feet and died. So when the young men came in, they found her dead, and they carried her out and buried her beside her husband.
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23 But his wife said to him,“If the LORD wanted to kill us, he would not have accepted the burnt offering and the grain offering from us. He would not have shown us all these things, or have spoken to us like this just now.”
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11 Next I noticed the man dressed in linen with the writing kit at his side bringing back word:“I have done just as you commanded me.”
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30 When the king heard what the woman said, he tore his clothes. As he was passing by on the wall, the people could see he was wearing sackcloth under his clothes.
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24 you must bring the two of them to the gate of that city and stone them to death, the young woman because she did not cry out though in the city and the man because he violated his neighbor’s fiancée; in this way you will purge evil from among you.
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19 and suddenly a great wind swept across the wilderness and struck the four corners of the house, and it fell on the young people, and they died! And I– only I alone– escaped to tell you!”
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16 The people to whom they are prophesying will die through war and famine. Their bodies will be thrown out into the streets of Jerusalem and there will be no one to bury them. This will happen to the men and their wives, their sons, and their daughters. For I will pour out on them the destruction they deserve.”
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26 The woman arrived back at daybreak and was sprawled out on the doorstep of the house where her master was staying until it became light.