John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 24:17
Forbear to cry ,.... Groan or howl, or make any doleful noise: or, "be silent" F24 דם "tace", Pagninus, Montanus, Vatablus. : which the Talmudists F25 T. Bab. Moed Katon, fol. 15. 1. interpret of not greeting any person: make no mourning for the dead ; use none of those rites and ceremonies commonly observed for deceased relations and friends, particularly and especially for a wife; who is one of the seven persons for whom mourning is to be made, according to the Jewish... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 24:15-27
These verses conclude what we have been upon all along from the beginning of this book, to wit, Ezekiel's prophecies of the destruction of Jerusalem; for after this, though he prophesied much concerning other nations, he said no more concerning Jerusalem, till he heard of the destruction of it, almost three years after, Ezek. 33:21. He had assured them, in the former part of this chapter, that there was no hope at all of the preventing of the trouble; here he assures them that they should not... read more