Thou shalt not take thee a wife, neither shalt thou have sons or daughters in this place.
Thou shalt not take thee a wife, neither shalt thou have sons nor daughters in this place - in Judea. The direction to remain single was (whether literally obeyed or only in prophetic vision) to symbolize the coming calamities of the Jews, as so severe that the single state would be then (contrary to the ordinary course of things) preferable to the married (cf. 1 Corinthians 7:8; 1 Corinthians 7:26; 1 Corinthians 7:29; Matthew 24:19; Luke 23:29). (So Ezekiel was forbidden to mourn for his wife suddenly removed, Ezekiel 24:15-27).