So when I heard this thing, I tore my garment and my robe, and plucked out some of the hair of my head and beard, and sat down astonished.

So it was, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned for days; and was fasting and praying before the God of Heaven.

And her gates shall lament and mourn; and she shall sit desolate on the ground.

Come down and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon; sit on the ground. There is no throne for you, O daughter of the Chaldeans. For you shall no more be called tender and delicate.

God called the light, Day; and the darkness He called, Night. Thus, the evening and the morning: Day One.

And God called the firmament, Heavens. Thus, the evening and the morning: Day Two.

And they came to the threshing floor of Atad, which is on the other side of Jordan, and they mourned there with great and heavy lamentation. He observed seven days of mourning for his father.

If one attempts a word with you, will you become weary? But who can restrain words?

You have held my eyelids open; I am so disturbed that I cannot speak.