² Hear this,^(A) you elders;^(B)
    listen, all who live in the land.^(C)
Has anything like this ever happened in your days
    or in the days of your ancestors?^(D)

¹⁴ Declare a holy fast;^(A)
    call a sacred assembly.
Summon the elders
    and all who live in the land^(B)
to the house of the Lord your God,
    and cry out^(C) to the Lord.^(D)