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Ezekiel 24:17

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Forbear to cry: Heb. Be silent, Psalms 37:7 *marg. Psalms 39:9, Psalms 46:10; Amos 8:3; Habakkuk 2:20

make: Jeremiah 16:4-7

bind: Ezekiel 24:23; Leviticus 10:6, Leviticus 21:10

put: 2 Samuel 15:30

cover: Ezekiel 24:22; Leviticus 13:45; Micah 3:7

lips: Heb. upper lip, and so Ezekiel 24:22

eat: Hosea 9:4

the bread of men: Lechem anoshim: not "the bread of mourners," as some render, but "the bread of other men," i.e., such as was commonly sent to mourners on such occasions by their friends. Jeremiah 16:7

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