Ezekiel 24:19-22 Lexham English Bible (LEB)

19. And the people said to me, “Will you not make known to us what these things that you are doing mean for us?”

20. And I said to them that the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,

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 affection; and your sons and your daughters whom you left behind will fall by the sword,

22. and you shall do just as I did: You shall not cover your upper lip, and you shall not eat the bread of mourners.

Ezekiel 24