Ezekiel 24:18

‘So I spoke to the people in the morning, and in the evening my wife died. And I did in the morning as I was commanded.'

Ezekiel was totally obedient. In the morning he spoke to the people as though everything was normal, and when in the evening his wife died, he continued without mourning, so that the people were amazed and recognised that this had some great significance (compare Jeremiah 16:5).

Note the way the procedure is described so as to indicate that he continued normal life. ‘In the morning I -- in the evening my wife died -- in the morning I --'. His life just went on as normal.