Ezekiel 24:16-18

New International Reader's Version

¹⁶ “Son of man, I will take away from you the wife you delight in. It will happen very soon. But do not sing songs of sadness. Do not let any tears flow from your eyes. ¹⁷ Groan quietly. Do not mourn for your wife when she dies. Keep your turban on your head. Keep your sandals on your feet. Do not cover your mustache and beard. Do not eat the food people eat to comfort them when someone dies.”

¹⁸ So I spoke to my people in the morning. And in the evening my wife died. The next morning I did what I had been commanded to do.