Food won’t be provided for the mourner(A) to comfort him because of the dead. A cup of consolation won’t be given him because of the loss of his father or mother.

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17 Groan quietly; do not observe mourning rites for the dead.(A) Put on your turban and strap your sandals on your feet; do not cover your mustache or eat the bread of mourners.”[a](B)

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 24:17 Lit men

They will not pour out
their wine offerings to the Lord,(A)
and their sacrifices will not please Him.
Their food will be like the bread of mourners;
all who eat it become defiled.(B)
For their bread will be for their appetites alone;
it will not enter the house of the Lord.

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