Then the king went to his palace and spent the night fasting; and no entertainment was brought before him; and his sleep fled from him.

Therefore the curse has devoured the earth, and those who dwell in it are held guilty; therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men are left.

The mirth of the tambourines ceases; the tumult of the jubilant ends; the joy of the harp ceases.

The city of emptiness is broken down; every house is shut up so that no one may come in.

But I discipline my body and bring it into subjection, lest, when I have preached to others, I myself should become disqualified.

And he will also bring their gods with their cast images, along with their possessions of silver and gold vessels, into captivity to Egypt. And he will continue more years than the king of the north.

so that his life loathes bread, and his soul desirable food.

So, therefore because you trample on the poor, and you take tribute of grain from him; you have built houses of hewn stones, but you shall not dwell in them; you have planted desirable vineyards, but you shall not drink wine from them.

Plunder the silver! Plunder the gold! For there is no end to the treasures, and riches from all precious objects.

And Mephibosheth the son of Saul had come down to meet the king. And he had not attended to his feet, nor done his mustache, nor washed his clothes, from the day the king departed until the day he returned in peace.

But you, when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face,