17 Groan silently; make (A)no mourning for the dead. Bind on your turban and put your shoes on your feet, and do not cover your mustache and (B)do not eat the bread of men.” 18 So 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. 19 The people said to me, “Will you not tell us what these things that you are doing mean for us?”

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