^{16 Ref} Son of man, behold, I take away from you the desire of your eyes with a stroke: yet you shall neither mourn nor weep, neither shall your tears run down.

^{17 Ref} Sigh, but not aloud, make no mourning for the dead; bind your headdress on you, and put your shoes on your feet, and don't cover your lips, and don't eat men's bread.

^{18 Ref} So I spoke to the people in the morning; and at even my wife died; and I did in the morning as I was commanded.

^{19 Ref} The people said to me, Won't you tell us what these things are to us, that you do so?

²⁰ Then I said to them, The word of Yahweh came to me, saying,

^{21 Ref} Speak to the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Behold, I will profane my sanctuary, the pride of your power, the desire of your eyes, and that which your soul pities; and your sons and your daughters whom you have left behind shall fall by the sword.

^{22 Ref} You shall do as I have done: you shall not cover your lips, nor eat the bread of men.

^{23 Ref} Your tires shall be on your heads, and your shoes on your feet: you shall not mourn nor weep; but you shall pine away in your iniquities, and moan one toward another.