Ezekiel 24:17-19
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
17 Groan, moan for the dead, but make no public lament; bind on your turban, put your sandals on your feet, but do not cover your beard or eat the bread of mourners.[a] 18 I spoke to the people in the morning. In the evening my wife died. The next morning I did as I had been commanded.(A) 19 Then the people asked me, “Will you not tell us what all these things you are doing mean for us?”
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- 24:17 The bread of mourners: a post-burial meal that mourners shared to comfort one another; cf. 2 Sm 3:35; Jer 16:7. The other gestures mentioned here were also popular mourning customs. Because Ezekiel does not observe any of the mourning customs mentioned, the people are puzzled and ask him to explain.
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