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And the Word of Jehovah was to me, saying,

Son of man, behold, I am taking from you the desire of your eyes with a stroke. Yet you shall not wail nor weep, and your tears shall not come.

Groan, but be silent; do not make a mourning for her who died. Bind your turban on you, and put your sandals on your feet, and do not cover the mustache nor eat the bread of men.

And I spoke to the people in the morning. And my wife died in the evening. And I did in the morning as I was commanded.

And the people said to me, Will you not tell us what the things you are doing are to us?

Then I said to them, The Word of Jehovah was to me, saying,

Speak to the house of Israel, So says the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I will profane My sanctuary, the pride of your strength, the desire of your eyes, and that which your soul pities. And your sons andyour daughters whom you have forsaken shallfall by the sword.

And you shall do as I have done. You shall not cover over the mustache, and you shall not eat the bread of men.

And your turbans shall be on your heads and your sandals on your feet. You shall not wail nor weep, but you shall rot away in your iniquities, and each man groan to his brother.

So Ezekiel is for a sign to you. As all that he has done, you shall do. And when it comes, then you shall know that I am the Lord Jehovah.

And you, son of man, will it not be on the day when I take from them their strength, the joy of their beauty, the desire of their eyes, and the lifting up of their soul, their sons and their daughters?

He will come in that day, he who escaped to you, to cause you to hear with your ears.

In that day your mouth shall be opened to the escaped one, and you shall speak and not be dumb any longer. And you shall be to them a sign, and they shall know that I am Jehovah.