17Cease 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.`
18And 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.
19And the people say unto me, `Dost thou not declare to us what these [are] to us, that thou art doing?`
20And I say unto them, `A word of Jehovah hath been unto me, saying:
21Say to the house of Israel: Thus said the Lord Jehovah: Lo, I am polluting My sanctuary, The excellency of your strength, The desire of your eyes, and the pitied of your soul, And your sons and your daughters whom ye have left, by sword they do fall.
22And ye have done as I have done, On the upper lip ye are not covered, And bread of men ye do not eat.
23And your bonnets [are] on your heads, And your shoes [are] on your feet, Ye do not mourn nor do ye weep, And ye have wasted away for your iniquities, And ye have howled one unto another.
