World English Bible
"So I spoke to the people in the morning; and at even my wife died; and I did in the morning as I was commanded."
— Ezekiel 24:18, World English Bible
“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.”
“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. ”
“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.”
“So I spoke to the people in the morning, and my wife died in the evening: and I did in the morning as he had commanded me.”
“So in the morning I was teaching the people and in the evening death took my wife; and in the morning I did what I had been ordered to do.”
“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.”
Also the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
Son of man, behold, I will take away from you the desire of your eyes with a stroke: yet you shall neither mourn nor weep, neither shall your tears run down.
Sigh, but not aloud, make no mourning for the dead; bind your headdress on you, and put your shoes on your feet, and don't cover your lips, and don't eat men's bread.
So I spoke to the people in the morning; and at even my wife died; and I did in the morning as I was commanded.
The people said to me, Won't you tell us what these things are to us, that you do so?
Then I said to them, The word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
Speak to the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Behold, I will profane my sanctuary, the pride of your power, the desire of your eyes, and that which your soul pities; and your sons and your daughters whom you have left behind shall fall by the sword.