Ezekiel 24:15

Study note

Setting — The LORD addresses the prophet Ezekiel immediately after declaring imminent judgment on Jerusalem and just before commanding him to suppress grief over his wife’s death.

The words — The phrase דְבַר־יְהוָה (de.var-Yahweh) literally renders “word of Yahweh,” while the separate term אֵלַי ('e.La/i) explicitly supplies the directional sense “to me.”

The thread — This verse operates as a divine commissioning marker that bridges God’s judicial declaration in Ezekiel 24:14 with the personal sign-act detailed in Ezekiel 24:16. The formula recurs throughout the prophetic corpus to transition between oracle and action.

Why it lands — The text demands recognition that prophetic authority originates solely from divine utterance, not human initiative, and requires the reader to track how divine speech directly governs the prophet’s physical response.

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