Ezekiel 24:16-23 — Legacy Standard Bible

¹⁶“Son of man, behold, I am about to take from you the ^adesire of your eyes with a ^bblow; but you shall not ^cmourn, and you shall not weep, and your ^dtears shall not come. ¹⁷“Groan silently; make ^ano mourning for the dead. Bind on your headdress and put your shoes on your feet and do not cover your mustache and ^bdo not eat the bread of men.” ¹⁸So I spoke to the people in the morning, and in the evening my wife died. And in the morning I did as I was commanded. ¹⁹The people said to me, “Will you not tell us what these things that you are doing mean for us?” ²⁰Then I said to them, “The word of Yahweh came to me saying, ²¹‘Say to the house of Israel, “Thus says Lord Yahweh, ‘Behold, I am about to profane My sanctuary, the pride of your strength, the ^adesire of your eyes, and the delight of your soul; and your ^bsons and your daughters whom you have left behind will fall by the sword. ²²‘And you will do as I have done; you will not cover your mustache, and you will not eat the bread of men. ²³‘And your headdresses will be on your heads and your shoes on your feet. You ^awill not mourn, and you will not weep, but ^byou will rot away in your iniquities, and you will groan ¹to one another.