Ezekiel 24:16–23

¹⁶“Son of man, behold, I take away from you the desire of your eyes with one stroke; yet you shall ^pneither mourn nor weep, nor shall your tears run down. ¹⁷Sigh in silence, ^qmake no mourning for the dead; ^rbind your turban on your head, and ^sput your sandals on your feet; ^tdo not cover your ⁶lips, and do not eat man’s bread of sorrow.”

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

¹⁹And the people said to me, ^u“Will you not tell us what these things signify to us, that you behave so?”

²⁰Then I answered them, “The word of the Lord came to me, saying, ²¹‘Speak to the house of Israel, “Thus says the Lord God: ‘Behold, ^vI will profane My sanctuary, ⁷your arrogant boast, the desire of your eyes, the ⁸delight of your soul; ^wand your sons and daughters whom you left behind shall fall by the sword. ²²And you shall do as I have done; ^xyou shall not cover your ⁹lips nor eat man’s bread of sorrow. ²³Your turbans shall be on your heads and your sandals on your feet; ^yyou shall neither mourn nor weep, but ^zyou shall pine away in your iniquities and mourn with one another.