The Meaning of Ezekiel 24:22 Explained

Ezekiel 24:22

KJV: And ye shall do as I have done: ye shall not cover your lips, nor eat the bread of men.

YLT: And ye have done as I have done, On the upper lip ye are not covered, And bread of men ye do not eat.

Darby: And ye shall do as I have done: ye shall not cover the beard, neither eat the bread of men;

ASV: And ye shall do as I have done: ye shall not cover your lips, nor eat the bread of men.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And ye shall do  as I have done:  ye shall not cover  [your] lips,  nor eat  the bread  of men. 

What does Ezekiel 24:22 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Ezekiel 24

1  Under the parable of a boiling pot
6  is shown the irrevocable destruction of Jerusalem
15  By the sign of Ezekiel not mourning for the death of his wife
19  is shown the calamity of the Jews to be beyond all sorrow

What do the individual words in Ezekiel 24:22 mean?

And you shall do as I have done upon [your] lips not you shall cover and bread [of] [sorrow] of man nor eat
וַעֲשִׂיתֶ֖ם כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר עָשִׂ֑יתִי עַל־ שָׂפָם֙ לֹ֣א תַעְט֔וּ וְלֶ֥חֶם אֲנָשִׁ֖ים לֹ֥א תֹאכֵֽלוּ

וַעֲשִׂיתֶ֖ם  And  you  shall  do 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, second person masculine plural
Root: עָשָׂה 
Sense: to do, fashion, accomplish, make.
עָשִׂ֑יתִי  I  have  done 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, first person common singular
Root: עָשָׂה 
Sense: to do, fashion, accomplish, make.
עַל־  upon 
Parse: Preposition
Root: עַל 
Sense: upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against.
שָׂפָם֙  [your]  lips 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: שָׂפָם  
Sense: moustache.
תַעְט֔וּ  you  shall  cover 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, second person masculine plural
Root: עָטָה 
Sense: to cover, enwrap, wrap oneself, envelop oneself.
וְלֶ֥חֶם  and  bread  [of]  [sorrow] 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: לֶחֶם  
Sense: bread, food, grain.
אֲנָשִׁ֖ים  of  man 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: אִישׁ 
Sense: man.
לֹ֥א  nor 
Parse: Adverb, Negative particle
Root: הֲלֹא 
Sense: not, no.
תֹאכֵֽלוּ  eat 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, second person masculine plural
Root: אָכַל  
Sense: to eat, devour, burn up, feed.