²⁶ O daughter of my people, ^(A)gird yourself with sackcloth
And ^(B)roll in ashes;
^[a](C)Mourn as for an only son,
A lamentation most bitter.
For suddenly the destroyer
Will come upon us.

³⁴ Wail, you shepherds, and cry out;
And ^(A)roll yourselves in ashes, you masters of the flock;
For the days of your ^(B)slaughter and your scatterings are being fulfilled,
And you will fall like a desirable vessel.

³⁶ Hear the sound of the cry of the shepherds,
And the wailing of the mighty ones of the flock!
For Yahweh is destroying their pasture,