In Context

15 And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying,

16 'Son of man, lo, I am taking from thee the desire of thine eyes by a stroke, and thou dost not mourn, nor weep, nor let thy tear come.

17 Cease to groan, for the dead thou dost make no mourning, thy bonnet bind on thee, and thy shoes thou dost put on thy feet, and thou dost not cover over the upper lip, and bread of men thou dost not eat.'

18 And I speak unto the people in the morning, and my wife dieth in the evening, and I do in the morning as I have been commanded.

19 And the people say unto me, 'Dost thou not declare to us what these are to us, that thou art doing?'

20 And I say unto them, 'A word of Jehovah hath been unto me, saying:

Ezekiel 24:18 in Other Translations