16“Son of man, behold, I am about to take away the desire of your eyes with a fatal blow. But you must not mourn or weep or let your tears flow.
17Groan quietly; do not mourn for the dead. Put on your turban and strap your sandals on your feet; do not cover your lips or eat the bread of mourners.”
18So I spoke to the people in the morning, and in the evening my wife died. And the next morning I did as I had been commanded.
— Ezekiel 24:16-18