a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;

Because you did not serve Jehovah your God with joy and gladness of heart, for the abundance of all things,

You have turned my mourning into dancing for me; You have loosened my sackcloth, and clothed me with gladness,

so that my glory may make music unto You, and not be silent. O Jehovah my God, I will give thanks unto You forever.

And He has put a new song in my mouth, praise to our God; many shall see it and fear, and shall trust in Jehovah.

But go and learn what this means: I desire mercy and not sacrifice. For I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance.

Therefore you now have sorrow; but I will see you again and your heart will rejoice, and no one takes your joy from you.

And in that day you will ask Me nothing. Truly, truly, I say to you, whatever you ask the Father in My name He will give you.

Is anyone among you afflicted? Let him pray. Is anyone cheerful? Let him sing psalms.

And He humbled you, allowed you to hunger, and fed you with manna which you had not known nor had your fathers known, to make you know that man does not live by bread alone; but man lives by every Word that proceeds from the mouth of Jehovah.

yet when they have returned in their minds in the land where they have been carried captive, and have repented in their hearts, and made supplication to You in the land of those holding them captive, saying, We have sinned and done perversely, we have committed wickedness;

Now it happened after these things that the son of the woman, the mistress of the house, became sick; and his sickness was very severe until there was no breath left in him.

So she said to Elijah, What have I to do with you, O man of God? Have you come to me to bring my iniquity to remembrance, and to kill my son?

And when he was in distress, he entreated Jehovah his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers,

and prayed to Him; and He was entreated of him, heard his supplication, and brought him back to Jerusalem into his kingdom. Then Manasseh recognized that Jehovah was God.

My soul loathes my life; I will leave behind my complaint; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.

I will say to God, Do not condemn me; show me why You contend with me.

Blessed is the man whom You correct, O YAH, and teach out of Your Law,

that You may give him rest from the evil days, until the pit is dug for the wicked.

It is good for me that I have been afflicted, that I may learn Your Statutes.

And in that day Jehovah of Hosts called for weeping and mourning, and for baldness, and for girding with sackcloth.

And it was revealed in my ears by Jehovah of Hosts, Surely this iniquity shall not be atoned until you die, says the Lord Jehovah of Hosts.

Jehovah, when Your hand is lifted up, they will not see; but they shall see and be ashamed for their envy toward the people. Yes, the fire of Your enemies shall devour them.

Therefore He has poured upon him the fury of His anger, and the strength of battle. And it has set him on fire all around, yet he did not know; and it burned him, yet he did not lay it to heart.

The anger of Jehovah shall not turn back, until He has executed and until He has fulfilled the purposes of His heart; in the latter days you shall diligently consider it with understanding.

The voice of Jehovah cries out to the city; and one of sound wisdom will see Your name. Hear the staff, and Him who appointed it.

And now, thus says Jehovah of Hosts: Set your heart on your ways.

Thus says Jehovah of Hosts: Set your heart on your ways.

But when he came to himself, he said, How many of my father's hired servants have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger.

I will arise and go to my father, and will say to him, Father, I have sinned against Heaven and before you,

strengthening the souls of the disciples, exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that we must enter the kingdom of God through many afflictions.

Vanity of vanities, says the preacher; all is vanity.

Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep His commandments; for this is for every man.

Therefore, behold, I will hedge up your way with thorns, and I will close off her wall, so that she shall not find her paths.

And she shall follow after her lovers, but she shall not reach to them. And she shall seek them, but shall not find them. Then she shall say, I will go and return to my first husband, for then it was better with me than now.