And the Word of Jehovah came to me, saying, Son of man, behold, I take away from you the desire of your eyes with a stroke. Yet neither shall you mourn nor weep, nor shall your tears run down. Groan but be silent; make no mourning for the dead; tie your turban on you, and put your sandals on your feet, and do not cover your lips, and do not eat the bread of men. read more.
So I spoke to the people in the morning. And in the evening my wife died, and I did in the morning as I was commanded.