Eze 24:20-24 | TNotes | STEP | Summary for Ezek 24:20-24: 24:20-24 Ezekiel’s lack of mourning (24:15-17 ) was a sign to Israel of what lay ahead for them. The Lord was about to take away the place your heart delights in —the Temple of Jerusalem. God was going to desecrate it and destroy the sons and daughters they had left behind in Jerusalem. On that day, the people would behave as Ezekiel had done; they would not mourn in public or carry out the associated rituals. Though they would feel the loss deeply in their hearts, the scale of the devastation would be so overwhelming that there would be no opportunity for normal mourning rites. In the context of such terrible and complete desolation, only internal grief could be observed.

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‏ Ezekiel 24:20-24

Summary for Ezek 24:20-24: 24:20-24 ^a Ezekiel’s lack of mourning (24:15-17 ^b) was a sign to Israel of what lay ahead for them. The Lord was about to take away the place your heart delights in—the Temple of Jerusalem. God was going to desecrate it and destroy the sons and daughters they had left behind in Jerusalem. On that day, the people would behave as Ezekiel had done; they would not mourn in public or carry out the associated rituals. Though they would feel the loss deeply in their hearts, the scale of the devastation would be so overwhelming that there would be no opportunity for normal mourning rites. In the context of such terrible and complete desolation, only internal grief could be observed.