Ezekiel 24:17-19

Amplified Bible, Classic Edition

¹⁷ Sigh and groan, but not aloud [be silent]; make no mourning for the dead; bind your turban upon your head and put your shoes on your feet, and do not cover your beard or eat the bread of mourners [furnished by others].

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

¹⁹ And the people said to me, Will you not tell us what these things are supposed to mean to us, that you are acting as you do?