Ezekiel 24:18-21

The Message

¹⁸ I preached to the people in the morning. That evening my wife died. The next morning I did as I’d been told.

¹⁹ The people came to me, saying, “Tell us why you’re acting like this. What does it mean, anyway?”

^20-21 So I told them, “God’s Word came to me, saying, ‘Tell the family of Israel, This is what God, the Master, says: I will desecrate my Sanctuary, your proud impregnable fort, the delight of your life, your heart’s desire. The children you left behind will be killed.