Rotherham(i)
16 Son of Man, Behold me! taking away from thee the delight of thine eyes, with a stroke,––But thou shall not lament, Neither shalt thou weep, Neither shall come––thy tears:
17 To groan, forbear, Over the dead––no mourning, shalt thou make, Thy chaplet, bind thou on thee, And, thy sandals, put thou on thy feet, And thou shalt not cover thy beard, And, the bread of [other] men, shalt thou not eat.
18 So I spake unto the people, in the morning, and my wife died, in the evening,––and I did, in the morning, as I had been commanded.
19 Then said the people unto me: Wilt thou not tell us what these things are to us, that thou shouldst be acting [thus]?
20 So I said unto them: The word of Yahweh, hath come unto me, saying:
21 Say to the house of Israel, Thus, saith My Lord, Yahweh, Behold me! profaning my sanctuary, The pride of your strength, The delight of your eyes, And the object of the tender regard of your soul,––And, your sons and your daughters whom ye have left behind, by the sword, shall fall.
22 Then shall ye do, as I have done,––The beard, shall ye not cover, And, the bread of [other] men, shall ye not eat;
23 And, your chaplets, shall be on your heads, And, your sandals, on your feet, Ye shall neither lament, nor weep,––Yet shall ye pine away in your iniquities, and shall groan, one to another.