Yechezkel: Perek 24

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Yechezkel Perek 24

  • On the 10th of Teves a siege will be laid on Yerushalayim.

  • Yerushalayim and its residents are compared to a pot with meat cooking in it. The meat (Yisrael) will be completely cooked and burned in the pot (Yerushalayim).

  • Yerushalayim will be destroyed with its residents.

  • Yechezkel’s “delight” (meaning his wife) died as sign to the nation that the “delight of the world”, the Beis Hamikdash, will be destroyed.

  • Yechezkel was commanded not to mourn for his wife.

  • On the day when the Beis Hamikdash will be destroyed the nation will be dumbfounded and unable to speak.