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21 “Say to the house of Israel, ‘Thus says the Lord Yahweh: “Look! I will be profaning my sanctuary, the pride of your strength and the delight of your eyes and the object of your own[a] affection; and your sons and your daughters whom you left behind will fall by the sword, 22 and you shall do just as[b] I did: You shall not cover your upper lip,[c] and you shall not eat the bread of mourners.[d] 23 And your turban must be on your heads, and your sandals must be on your feet. You shall not mourn, and you shall not weep, but you shall waste away because of your iniquities, and you shall groan to one another.[e]

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 24:21 Or “souls’,” or “selves’”
  2. Ezekiel 24:22 Literally “as that”
  3. Ezekiel 24:22 Or “mustache”
  4. Ezekiel 24:22 Literally “men”
  5. Ezekiel 24:23 Literally “a man to his brother”