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Bereavement » And to ezekiel, for his wife
"Thou son of man, behold, I take away the pleasure of thine eyes with a plague: yet shalt thou neither mourn, nor weep, nor water thy cheeks therefore. Thou mayest mourn by thyself alone, but use no deadly lamentation. Hold on thy bonnet, and put on thy shoes upon thy feet, cover not thy face, and eat no mourner's bread." So I spake unto the people betimes in the morning; and at even my wife died. Then upon the next morrow, I did as I was commanded.
Bread » Served round after funerals
Thou mayest mourn by thyself alone, but use no deadly lamentation. Hold on thy bonnet, and put on thy shoes upon thy feet, cover not thy face, and eat no mourner's bread." So I spake unto the people betimes in the morning; and at even my wife died. Then upon the next morrow, I did as I was commanded. And the people said unto me, "Wilt thou not tell us, what that signifieth, which thou doest?" read more.
I answered them, "The word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 'Tell the house of Israel, thus sayeth the LORD God: Behold, I will suspend my sanctuary: even the glory of your power, that pleasure of your eyes, and the thing that ye love: your sons and daughters whom ye have left, shall fall through the sword. Like as I have done, so shall ye do also: Ye shall not hide your faces, ye shall eat no mourner's bread;
I answered them, "The word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 'Tell the house of Israel, thus sayeth the LORD God: Behold, I will suspend my sanctuary: even the glory of your power, that pleasure of your eyes, and the thing that ye love: your sons and daughters whom ye have left, shall fall through the sword. Like as I have done, so shall ye do also: Ye shall not hide your faces, ye shall eat no mourner's bread;
Dress » Bonnets (rv, head-tires), worn by women
the goodly flowered wide and broidered raiment, brushes and headbands,
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Thou mayest mourn by thyself alone, but use no deadly lamentation. Hold on thy bonnet, and put on thy shoes upon thy feet, cover not thy face, and eat no mourner's bread."
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your bonnets shall ye have upon your heads, and shoes upon your feet. Ye shall neither mourn nor weep, but in your sins ye shall be sorrowful, and one repent with another.
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Ezekiel » Teaches by pantomime » Does not show mourning upon the death of his wife
"Thou son of man, behold, I take away the pleasure of thine eyes with a plague: yet shalt thou neither mourn, nor weep, nor water thy cheeks therefore. Thou mayest mourn by thyself alone, but use no deadly lamentation. Hold on thy bonnet, and put on thy shoes upon thy feet, cover not thy face, and eat no mourner's bread." So I spake unto the people betimes in the morning; and at even my wife died. Then upon the next morrow, I did as I was commanded. read more.
And the people said unto me, "Wilt thou not tell us, what that signifieth, which thou doest?" I answered them, "The word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 'Tell the house of Israel, thus sayeth the LORD God: Behold, I will suspend my sanctuary: even the glory of your power, that pleasure of your eyes, and the thing that ye love: your sons and daughters whom ye have left, shall fall through the sword. Like as I have done, so shall ye do also: Ye shall not hide your faces, ye shall eat no mourner's bread; your bonnets shall ye have upon your heads, and shoes upon your feet. Ye shall neither mourn nor weep, but in your sins ye shall be sorrowful, and one repent with another. Thus Ezekiel is your show token. For look, as he hath done, so, when this cometh, ye shall do also: that ye may learn to know that I am the LORD God.'" "But behold, O thou son of man: In the day when I take from them their power, their joy and honour, the lust of their eyes, the burden of their bodies - namely, their sons and daughters - Then shall there one escape, and come unto thee, for to show thee. In that day shall thy mouth be opened to him which is escaped, that thou mayest speak, and be no more dumb: Yea, and thou shalt be their show token, that they may know how that I am the LORD."
And the people said unto me, "Wilt thou not tell us, what that signifieth, which thou doest?" I answered them, "The word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 'Tell the house of Israel, thus sayeth the LORD God: Behold, I will suspend my sanctuary: even the glory of your power, that pleasure of your eyes, and the thing that ye love: your sons and daughters whom ye have left, shall fall through the sword. Like as I have done, so shall ye do also: Ye shall not hide your faces, ye shall eat no mourner's bread; your bonnets shall ye have upon your heads, and shoes upon your feet. Ye shall neither mourn nor weep, but in your sins ye shall be sorrowful, and one repent with another. Thus Ezekiel is your show token. For look, as he hath done, so, when this cometh, ye shall do also: that ye may learn to know that I am the LORD God.'" "But behold, O thou son of man: In the day when I take from them their power, their joy and honour, the lust of their eyes, the burden of their bodies - namely, their sons and daughters - Then shall there one escape, and come unto thee, for to show thee. In that day shall thy mouth be opened to him which is escaped, that thou mayest speak, and be no more dumb: Yea, and thou shalt be their show token, that they may know how that I am the LORD."
Feet » Of the jews » Neglected in affliction
And Mephibosheth the son of Saul came to meet the king, and had neither dressed his feet nor shaved his beard nor washed his clothes from the time the king departed, until he came again in peace.
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Thou mayest mourn by thyself alone, but use no deadly lamentation. Hold on thy bonnet, and put on thy shoes upon thy feet, cover not thy face, and eat no mourner's bread."
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Instruction » Widowhood
"Thou son of man, behold, I take away the pleasure of thine eyes with a plague: yet shalt thou neither mourn, nor weep, nor water thy cheeks therefore. Thou mayest mourn by thyself alone, but use no deadly lamentation. Hold on thy bonnet, and put on thy shoes upon thy feet, cover not thy face, and eat no mourner's bread." So I spake unto the people betimes in the morning; and at even my wife died. Then upon the next morrow, I did as I was commanded. read more.
And the people said unto me, "Wilt thou not tell us, what that signifieth, which thou doest?" I answered them, "The word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 'Tell the house of Israel, thus sayeth the LORD God: Behold, I will suspend my sanctuary: even the glory of your power, that pleasure of your eyes, and the thing that ye love: your sons and daughters whom ye have left, shall fall through the sword. Like as I have done, so shall ye do also: Ye shall not hide your faces, ye shall eat no mourner's bread; your bonnets shall ye have upon your heads, and shoes upon your feet. Ye shall neither mourn nor weep, but in your sins ye shall be sorrowful, and one repent with another. Thus Ezekiel is your show token. For look, as he hath done, so, when this cometh, ye shall do also: that ye may learn to know that I am the LORD God.'" "But behold, O thou son of man: In the day when I take from them their power, their joy and honour, the lust of their eyes, the burden of their bodies - namely, their sons and daughters - Then shall there one escape, and come unto thee, for to show thee. In that day shall thy mouth be opened to him which is escaped, that thou mayest speak, and be no more dumb: Yea, and thou shalt be their show token, that they may know how that I am the LORD."
And the people said unto me, "Wilt thou not tell us, what that signifieth, which thou doest?" I answered them, "The word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 'Tell the house of Israel, thus sayeth the LORD God: Behold, I will suspend my sanctuary: even the glory of your power, that pleasure of your eyes, and the thing that ye love: your sons and daughters whom ye have left, shall fall through the sword. Like as I have done, so shall ye do also: Ye shall not hide your faces, ye shall eat no mourner's bread; your bonnets shall ye have upon your heads, and shoes upon your feet. Ye shall neither mourn nor weep, but in your sins ye shall be sorrowful, and one repent with another. Thus Ezekiel is your show token. For look, as he hath done, so, when this cometh, ye shall do also: that ye may learn to know that I am the LORD God.'" "But behold, O thou son of man: In the day when I take from them their power, their joy and honour, the lust of their eyes, the burden of their bodies - namely, their sons and daughters - Then shall there one escape, and come unto thee, for to show thee. In that day shall thy mouth be opened to him which is escaped, that thou mayest speak, and be no more dumb: Yea, and thou shalt be their show token, that they may know how that I am the LORD."
Mourning » Covering » The upper lip
Thou mayest mourn by thyself alone, but use no deadly lamentation. Hold on thy bonnet, and put on thy shoes upon thy feet, cover not thy face, and eat no mourner's bread."
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"And the leper, in whom the plague is, shall have his clothes rent and his head bare and his mouth muffled and shall be called unclean.
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Like as I have done, so shall ye do also: Ye shall not hide your faces, ye shall eat no mourner's bread;
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Then shall the vision seers be ashamed, and the soothsayers confounded: yea they shall be fain, all the pack of them, to stop their mouths: for they have not God's word.
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Shoe » Taken off at a time of mourning
Thou mayest mourn by thyself alone, but use no deadly lamentation. Hold on thy bonnet, and put on thy shoes upon thy feet, cover not thy face, and eat no mourner's bread."
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Symbols and similitudes » Mourning forbidden
And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, "Thou son of man, behold, I take away the pleasure of thine eyes with a plague: yet shalt thou neither mourn, nor weep, nor water thy cheeks therefore. Thou mayest mourn by thyself alone, but use no deadly lamentation. Hold on thy bonnet, and put on thy shoes upon thy feet, cover not thy face, and eat no mourner's bread." read more.
So I spake unto the people betimes in the morning; and at even my wife died. Then upon the next morrow, I did as I was commanded.
So I spake unto the people betimes in the morning; and at even my wife died. Then upon the next morrow, I did as I was commanded.
Symbols and similitudes » death
"Thou son of man, behold, I take away the pleasure of thine eyes with a plague: yet shalt thou neither mourn, nor weep, nor water thy cheeks therefore. Thou mayest mourn by thyself alone, but use no deadly lamentation. Hold on thy bonnet, and put on thy shoes upon thy feet, cover not thy face, and eat no mourner's bread." So I spake unto the people betimes in the morning; and at even my wife died. Then upon the next morrow, I did as I was commanded. read more.
And the people said unto me, "Wilt thou not tell us, what that signifieth, which thou doest?"
And the people said unto me, "Wilt thou not tell us, what that signifieth, which thou doest?"
Tire » Headdress
In that day shall the Lord take away the gorgeousness of their apparel, and spangles, chains, partlets,
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Thou mayest mourn by thyself alone, but use no deadly lamentation. Hold on thy bonnet, and put on thy shoes upon thy feet, cover not thy face, and eat no mourner's bread."
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