Ezekiel 24:16–23

¹⁶‘Son of man, lo, I am taking from thee the desire of thine eyes by a stroke, and thou dost not mourn, nor weep, nor let thy tear come. ¹⁷Cease to groan, for the dead thou dost make no mourning, thy bonnet bind on thee, and thy shoes thou dost put on thy feet, and thou dost not cover over the upper lip, and bread of men thou dost not eat.’ ¹⁸And I speak unto the people in the morning, and my wife dieth in the evening, and I do in the morning as I have been commanded. ¹⁹And the people say unto me, ‘Dost thou not declare to us what these are to us, that thou art doing?’ ²⁰And I say unto them, ‘A word of Jehovah hath been unto me, saying: ²¹Say to the house of Israel: Thus said the Lord Jehovah: Lo, I am polluting My sanctuary, The excellency of your strength, The desire of your eyes, and the pitied of your soul, And your sons and your daughters whom ye have left, by sword they do fall. ²²And ye have done as I have done, On the upper lip ye are not covered, And bread of men ye do not eat. ²³And your bonnets are on your heads, And your shoes are on your feet, Ye do not mourn nor do ye weep, And ye have wasted away for your iniquities, And ye have howled one unto another.