John Trapp on Ezekiel 24:16

Ver. 16. Behold I take from thee the deſire of thine eyes] i. e. Thy wife who is impendiò dilecta & viſu pergratioſa, thy dearly beloved and greatly delighted in.

With a ſtroke] With peſtilence, palſy, or ſome like ſudden death: This was no ſmal trial of the Prophets patience and obedience. Let us learn to hang looſe to all outward comforts.

Yet neither ſhalt thou mourn or weep] Which might he have done,Eſt quaedam flere voluptas. Ovid. l. 4. ed Triſt. Fletus aerumnas len[illegible: 1 letter]t. Sen. Juſta [non-Latin text not transcribed]. would have been ſome eaſe to him: for Expletur lacrymis, egeriturque dolor. As hindes by calving, ſo do men by weeping caſt out their ſorrows, Job 39.3.