Ezekiel 24:17-19

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

¹⁷ Sigh in silence, make no mourning for the dead: let the tire of thy head be upon thee, and thy shoes on thy feet, and cover not thy face, nor eat the meat of mourners.

¹⁸ So I spoke to the people in the morning, and my wife died in the evening: and I did in the morning as he had commanded me.

¹⁹ And the people said to me: Why dost thou not tell us what these things mean that thou doest?