Ezekiel 24:15-27 - The Death Of Ezekiel's Wife: A Sign
15 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 16 "Thou son of man, behold, I take away the pleasure of thine eyes with a plague: yet shalt thou neither mourn, nor weep, nor water thy cheeks therefore. 17 Thou mayest mourn by thyself alone, but use no deadly lamentation. Hold on thy bonnet, and put on thy shoes upon thy feet, cover not thy face, and eat no mourner's bread."
18 So I spake unto the people betimes in the morning; and at even my wife died. Then upon the next morrow, I did as I was commanded. 19 And the people said unto me, "Wilt thou not tell us, what that signifieth, which thou doest?"
20 I answered them, "The word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 21 'Tell the house of Israel, thus sayeth the LORD God: Behold, I will suspend my sanctuary: even the glory of your power, that pleasure of your eyes, and the thing that ye love: your sons and daughters whom ye have left, shall fall through the sword. 22 Like as I have done, so shall ye do also: Ye shall not hide your faces, ye shall eat no mourner's bread; 23 your bonnets shall ye have upon your heads, and shoes upon your feet. Ye shall neither mourn nor weep, but in your sins ye shall be sorrowful, and one repent with another. 24 Thus Ezekiel is your show token. For look, as he hath done, so, when this cometh, ye shall do also: that ye may learn to know that I am the LORD God.'"
25 "But behold, O thou son of man: In the day when I take from them their power, their joy and honour, the lust of their eyes, the burden of their bodies - namely, their sons and daughters - 26 Then shall there one escape, and come unto thee, for to show thee. 27 In that day shall thy mouth be opened to him which is escaped, that thou mayest speak, and be no more dumb: Yea, and thou shalt be their show token, that they may know how that I am the LORD."