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title = "Ezekiel 24:15–27"
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date = "2023-05-07"
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### [Read the passage.](https://biblia.com/bible/esv/Ezekiel24.15-27)
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Of all the things the Lord has told Ezekiel to do, this one might have been the
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hardest to endure. He is told that his wife would die, but he isn't allowed to
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publicly mourn for her. Being a famous prophet by this point, the community
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will notice his behavior and ask about it. The answer he gives is a final
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condemnation upon the house of Israel.
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The temple of Yahweh, His sanctuary on earth, the pride of His people will be
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profaned and destroyed. However, they will not mourn for it. The sons and
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daughters they left behind will be cut down by swords, and they will not mourn
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for them. Instead, they will behave as Ezekiel has demonstrated for them being
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dressed for a normal day instead of pouring dust and ashes on his head and
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face. They make an outward show of normalcy, but inside, they will "rot away in
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[their] iniquities". (_v. 23_)
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Finally, Ezekiel is told how his message to the people will be validated: a
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fugitive from Jerusalem will arrive to tell the exiles the news of its fall. On
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that day, Ezekiel's silence will be lifted (see
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[3:26](https://biblia.com/bible/esv/Ezekiel3.26)) and he will be able to speak
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normally to this fugitive. The people will see this and remember how Ezekiel
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had only spoken the words of the Lord to them for so long, and know that what
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they were told is true.
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* * *
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All of Your promises will come true, more surely than the sun's rising and
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setting or the seasons' turning.
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