Ezekiel 24:17-22

17Cry inside yourself but do not cry aloud. Do not show that you are sad because someone has died. Do not remove the cloth from your head. Keep your shoes on your feet. Do not cover the lower part of your face. Do not eat the food that people eat at funerals.’

18That morning I spoke to the people. In the evening of that day, my wife died. The next morning I did what the Lord had told me to do.

19Then the people said to me, ‘Please tell us why you are doing these things. What are you trying to show us?’

20So I said to them, ‘The Lord gave this message to me:

21Say to Israel's people, “This is what the Almighty Lord says: Listen! I will now make my holy place become unclean. It is the place that makes you very proud. You love it because it is so beautiful. But now enemy soldiers will kill your sons and daughters that you left in Jerusalem.

22Then you will do the same things that I have done. You will not cover the lower part of your face. You will not eat special food that people eat at funerals.