¹⁶“Human, I am going to take your wife from you, the woman you look at with love. She will die suddenly, but you must not be sad or cry loudly for her or shed any tears. ¹⁷Groan silently; do not cry loudly for the dead. Tie on your turban, and put your sandals on your feet. Do not cover your face, and do not eat the food people eat when they are sad about a death.”

¹⁸So I spoke to the people in the morning, and my wife died in the evening. The next morning I did as I had been commanded.

¹⁹Then the people asked me, “Tell us, what do the things you are doing mean for us?”

²⁰Then I said to them, “The Lord spoke his word to me. He said, ²¹‘Say to the people of Israel, This is what the Lord God says: I am going to dishonor my Temple. You think it gives you strength. You are proud of it, and you look at it with love and tenderness. But your sons and daughters that you left behind in Jerusalem will fall dead by the sword. ²²When that happens, you are to act as I have: you are not to cover your face, and you are not to eat the food people eat when they are sad about a death. ²³Your turbans must stay on your heads, and your sandals on your feet. You must not cry loudly, but you must rot away in your sins and groan to each other.

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