And the songs of the temple will be howling in that day, declares the Lord Jehovah. Many dead bodies everywhere; and they shall throw them out in silence.

Take away from Me the noise of your songs; for I will not hear the melody of your lutes.

who lie on beds of ivory and stretch themselves on their couches; and those eating the lambs from the flock, and calves from the midst of the stall;

who drink wine from bowls, and anoint themselves with the best of ointments; but they are not grieved for the crushing of Joseph!

And you shall rejoice in your feast, you and your son and your daughter, your male servant and your female servant and the Levite, the sojourner and the fatherless and the widow, who are within your gates.

And Abigail came to Nabal, and behold, he was holding a feast in his house, like the feast of a king. And Nabal's heart was merry within him, for he was exceedingly drunk; therefore she did not tell him a word, little or much, until morning light.

And it came to pass, after about ten days, that Jehovah struck Nabal, and he died.

Now Absalom had commanded his servants, saying, Watch now, when Amnon's heart is merry with wine, and when I say to you, Strike Amnon! then kill him. Do not be afraid. Have I not commanded you? Be courageous and valiant.

And it came to pass, while they were on the way, that news came to David, saying, Absalom has killed all the king's sons, and not one of them is left!

When he is about to fill his stomach, God will cast upon him the fury of His wrath, and shall rain it upon him while he is eating.

Therefore my loins are filled with pain; pangs have taken hold on me like the pangs of a woman in labor. I am bent over from hearing it; I am dismayed from seeing it.

My heart has wandered, terror overwhelms me; the twilight I longed for He has turned into trembling.

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.

They drank wine and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, and of bronze, of iron, wood, and stone.

Then the king's countenance was changed, and his thoughts troubled him, so that the joints of his loins shook, and his knees knocked one against the other.

I will also put an end to all her joy, her feast days, her new moons, and her sabbaths, and all her solemn feasts.

For as thorns are woven together, and as their drunkards are drunken, they shall be devoured like fully dried straw.

One has gone up to the house, even to Dibon, the high places, to weep. Moab shall howl over Nebo, and over Medeba; baldness shall be on all their heads, and every beard cut off.

In the streets they shall clothe themselves with sackcloth; on the tops of their houses and in their streets everyone shall howl, weeping bitterly.

For every head shall be bald, and every beard clipped. On all the hands shall be cuttings, and on the loins sackcloth.

They will also be girded with sackcloth; trembling will cover them; shame will be on every face, and baldness on all their heads.

They will make their voice heard because of you; they will cry bitterly and cast dust on their heads; they will wallow in ashes;

and they will shave themselves completely bald because of you, gird themselves with sackcloth, and weep for you with bitterness of heart and bitter wailing.

O daughter of my people, put on sackcloth, and wallow in ashes; make mourning for yourself, as for an only son, most bitter wailing; for the destruction shall suddenly come upon us.

And I will pour on the house of David, and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the Spirit of grace and supplication. And they shall look on Me whom they have pierced; and they shall mourn for Him, as one mourns for an only son, and they shall be bitter over Him, like the bitterness over the firstborn.

And when He came near the gate of the city, behold, a dead man was being carried out, the only son of his mother; and she was a widow. And a large crowd from the city was with her.

And when the Lord saw her, He had compassion on her and said to her, Do not weep.

Let darkness and the shadow of death redeem it; let a cloud settle on it; let the blackness of the day terrify it.