14. I the Lord have spoken. It shall come to pass and I will act. I will not go back, nor will I spare, nor will I be sorry. According to your ways and according to your deeds, I shall judge you, says the Lord God.
15. Also the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
16. Son of man, I am about to take away from you the desire of your eyes with a stroke. Yet you shall not mourn or weep, nor shall your tears run down.
17. Groan silently. Make no mourning for the dead. Bind on your turban and put your shoes on your feet and do not cover your mustache and 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. And the people said to me, “Will you not tell us what these things mean forus, that you are behaving this way?”
20. Then I answered them: The word of the Lord came to me, saying: