Ezekiel 24:16-18

New Century Version

¹⁶ “Human, I am going to take your wife from you, the woman you look at with love. She will die suddenly, but you must not be sad or cry loudly for her or shed any tears. ¹⁷ Groan silently; do not cry loudly for the dead. Tie on your turban, and put your sandals on your feet. Do not cover your face, and do not eat the food people eat when they are sad about a death.”

¹⁸ So I spoke to the people in the morning, and my wife died in the evening. The next morning I did as I had been commanded.