Ezekiel’s Wife Dies

But he is not to lament, neither weep nor even cry. As it is to be likened to G-d’s sanctuary and His people as a punishment of their sins — idol worship, adultery & more…

Listen or read, and be warned!

“Parable Of The Pot”

“Son of Man, write for yourself the name of this day — this very day; the king of Babylonia has reached Jerusalem on this very day.
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[You remain] in your licentious contamination. Because I [tried to] cleanse you but you would not be cleansed, you will not again be cleansed of your contamination until I place My wrath upon you.
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I, Hashem, have spoken; it is coming, and I shall carry it out; I will not hinder, I will not pity, I will not relent; they have judged you according to your ways and according to your deeds — the word of the Lord Hashem/Elohim.”
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The word of Hashem came to me, saying, “Son of Man, behold, I am taking from you the darling of your eyes in a plague: You shall not lament and you shall not weep, and your tears shall not come forth.
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Be silent from groaning; do not practice rites of mourning for the dead; don our headgear upon yourself and place your shoes upon your feet; do not veil yourself to the lips, and do not eat the bread of [other] people.”
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I told [this] to the people in the morning. In the evening my wife died, and in the morning I did as I had been commanded.
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‘Say to the House of Israel: Thus said the Lord Hashem/Elohim: Behold, I am profaning My Sanctuary, the pride of your strength, the darling of your eyes, and the yearning of your soul; and your sons and daughters, whom you have left behind, will fall by the sword.
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Ezekiel will be a sign for you; you will do according to everything that he has done; and when this comes [to pass], you will know that I am the Lord Hashem/Elohim.’
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On that day, your mouth will be opened with the fugitive’s [arrival], and you will speak and no longer be dumb; then you will be a sign to them, and they will know that I am Hashem.”
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1 Then the word of the Lord came to me in the ninth year, in the tenth month, on the tenth of the month, saying:
2 “Son of man, write for yourself the name of the day, this very day; the king of Babylon has besieged Jerusalem on this very day.
3 And tell the rebellious house a parable and say to them: So said the Lord God: Set the pot, set it, and also pour water into it.
4 Gather its pieces to it, every good piece, the thigh and the shoulder, fill it with the choice limbs.
5 Take the choice of the flocks and also arrange the limbs under it; make it boil well so that all its limbs will also boil into its midst.
6 Therefore, so said the Lord God: Woe, city of blood, pot whose filth is therein, and its filth has not gone out of it; bring it out limb by limb; no lot has fallen on it.
7 For her blood was in her midst; on a smooth rock she set it; she did not pour it out on the ground for dust to cover it.
8 So that it might bring up fury, that vengeance might be taken, I have placed her blood on a smooth rock, not to be covered.
9 Therefore, so said the Lord God: Woe, city of blood! I, even I, shall enlarge the fire.
10 [I shall] pile on the wood, kindle the fire, consume the meat, and prepare the mixture, and the bones will be scorched.
11 Then [I shall] stand it empty on its coals, in order that it be heated and that its base be scorched, and its defilement will be poured into its midst, its filth shall be consumed.
12 With guile she wearied, and her abundant filth will not leave her: [only] by fire [will] her filth [leave].
13 With your defilement of lewdness! Since I purified you and you did not become purified of your defilement, you shall no longer become purified, until I lay My fury upon you.
14 I, the Lord, have spoken; it is coming and I shall do it; I shall not nullify, neither shall I spare nor shall I renege; according to your ways and according to your deeds will they judge you, says the Lord God.
15 Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
16 “Son of man, behold I am taking from you the desire of your eyes with a plague, but you shall not lament nor weep, neither shall your tears come [down].
17 Melt away in silence; a mourning for the dead you shall not make; your glory bind upon yourself, and put your shoes on your feet, and you shall not enwrap yourself over your upper lip, and you shall not eat the bread of men.”
18 I spoke to the people in the morning, and my wife died in the evening. So I did in the morning as I had been commanded.
19 And the people said to me, “Will you not tell us what these mean to us, what you are doing?”
20 So I said to them: The word of the Lord came to me, saying:
21 Say to the house of Israel: So said the Lord God: Behold I am profaning My sanctuary, the pride of your strength, the desire of your eyes and the yearning of your soul, and your sons and daughters whom you have left over will fall by the sword.
22 And you shall do as I have done; you shall not enwrap yourselves over your upper lip, and you shall not eat the bread of men.
23 And your glory [shall be] on your heads and your shoes on your feet; you shall neither lament nor weep, and you will melt because of your iniquities, and you will moan one to the other.
24 And Ezekiel will be to you for a sign; according to all that he did you shall do; when it comes, you will know that I am the Lord God.
25 And you, son of man, shall it not be that on the day I take from them their strength, the joy of their glory, the desire of their eyes, and the pride of their soul, their sons and daughters.
26 On that day [that] the fugitive will come to you to let you hear with your own ears.
27 On that day, your mouth will be opened with the fugitive, and you will speak and no longer be mute, and you will be for them as a sign, and they will know that I am the Lord.”