Ezekiel 24:17-19

New Catholic Bible

¹⁷ Groan in silence, and do not mourn for the dead. Wrap your turban around your head, and put sandals on your feet. Do not cover your beard or eat the bread of mourners.

¹⁸ Therefore, I spoke to the people in the morning; in the evening my wife died. And on the following morning I did as I had been commanded. ¹⁹ Thereupon, the people said to me, “Will you not explain to us what all these things you are doing mean for us?”