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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Tanach: Ezekiel 24: 17 Sigh in silence; make no mourning for the dead, bind thy headtire upon thee, and put thy shoes upon thy feet, and cover not thine upper lip, and eat not the bread of men.'
Ezekiel 24: 18 So I spoke unto the people in the morning, and at even my wife died; and I did in the morning as I was commanded.
Ezekiel 24: 19 And the people said unto me: 'Wilt thou not tell us what these things are to us, that thou doest so?'
Ezekiel 24: 20 Then I said unto them: 'The word of the LORD came unto me, saying:
Ezekiel 24: 21 Speak unto the house of Israel: Thus saith the Lord GOD: Behold, I will profane My sanctuary, the pride of your power, the desire of your eyes, and the longing of your soul; and your sons and your daughters whom ye have left behind shall fall by the sword.
Ezekiel 24: 22 And ye shall do as I have done: ye shall not cover your upper lips, nor eat the bread of men;
Ezekiel 24: 23 and your tires shall be upon your heads, and your shoes upon your feet; ye shall not make lamentation nor weep; but ye shall pine away in your iniquities, and moan one toward another.
Ezekiel 24: 24 Thus shall Ezekiel be unto you a sign; according to all that he hath done shall ye do; when this cometh, then shall ye know that I am the Lord GOD.
Ezekiel 24: 25 And thou, son of man, shall it not be in the day when I take from them their stronghold, the joy of their glory, the desire of their eyes, and the yearning of their soul, their sons a 
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