15. Also Yahweh’s word came to me, saying,
16. Son of man, behold, I will take away from you the desire of your eyes with a stroke: yet you shall neither mourn nor weep, neither shall your tears run down.
17. Sigh, but not aloud, make no mourning for the dead; bind your headdress on you, and put your shoes on your feet, and don’t cover your lips, and don’t eat men’s bread.
18. So I spoke to the people in the morning; and at evening my wife died; and I did in the morning as I was commanded.
19. The people said to me, Won’t you tell us what these things are to us, that you do so?
20. Then I said to them, Yahweh’s word came to me, saying,
21. Speak to the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Behold, I will profane my sanctuary, the pride of your power, the desire of your eyes, and that which your soul pities; and your sons and your daughters whom you have left behind shall fall by the sword.
22. You shall do as I have done: you shall not cover your lips, nor eat the bread of men.