Baruch 2:21-23

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition

²¹ ‘Thus says the Lord: Bend your shoulders and serve the king of Babylon, and you will remain in the land that I gave to your ancestors.^{(A) 22} But if you will not obey the voice of the Lord and will not serve the king of Babylon,^{(B) 23} I will silence from the towns of Judah and from the region around Jerusalem the voice of joy and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, and the whole land will be a desolation without inhabitants.’^(C)