² The Lord gave Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand, along with some of the articles of the house of God; and he brought them into the land of ^[a]Shinar, to the house of his god, and brought the articles into the treasury of his god.^(A)

² In those days I, Daniel, had been mourning for three entire weeks. ³ I ate no tasty food, nor did any meat or wine enter my mouth; and I did not ^[a]anoint (refresh, groom) myself at all for the full three weeks.