Ezekiel 24:16-18

Complete Jewish Bible

¹⁶ “Human being, with a single blow I am about to deprive you of the delight of your eyes. But you are not to lament, weep or let your tears run down. ¹⁷ Sigh silently, don’t observe mourning for the dead, bind your turban on your head, put your sandals on your feet, don’t cover your upper lip, and don’t eat the food people prepare for mourners.” ¹⁸ I spoke to the people in the morning, and that evening my wife died. So I did the following morning as I had been ordered.