Ezekiel 24:16–23

¹⁶“Son of man, behold, I am about to take from you the ^adesire of your eyes with a ^bblow; but you shall not ^cmourn and you shall not weep, and your ^dtears shall not come.

¹⁷“Groan silently; make ^ano mourning for the dead. Bind on your turban and put your shoes on your feet, and do not cover your mustache and ^bdo not eat the bread of men.”

¹⁸So I spoke to the people in the morning, and in the evening my wife died. And in the morning I did as I was commanded.

¹⁹The people said to me, “Will you not tell us what these things that you are doing mean for us?”

²⁰Then I said to them, “The word of the Lord came to me saying,

²¹‘Speak to the house of Israel, “Thus says the Lord God, ‘Behold, I am about to profane My sanctuary, the pride of your power, the ^adesire of your eyes and the delight of your soul; and your ^bsons and your daughters whom you have left behind will fall by the sword.

²²‘You will do as I have done; you will not cover your mustache and you will not eat the bread of men.

²³‘Your turbans will be on your heads and your shoes on your feet. You ^awill not mourn and you will not weep, but ^byou will rot away in your iniquities and you will groan ¹to one another.