³ And ^(A)the songs of the temple
Shall be wailing in that day,”
Says the Lord God—
“Many dead bodies everywhere,
^(B)They shall be thrown out in silence.”

⁴ They shall not offer wine offerings to the Lord,
Nor ^(A)shall their ^(B)sacrifices be pleasing to Him.
It shall be like bread of mourners to them;
All who eat it shall be defiled.
For their bread shall be for their own life;
It shall not come into the house of the Lord.

¹⁴ The elders have ceased gathering at the gate,
And the young men from their ^(A)music.

²¹ Then you will say in your heart,
‘Who has begotten these for me,
Since I have lost my children and am desolate,
A captive, and wandering to and fro?
And who has brought these up?
There I was, left alone;
But these, where were they?’ ”

⁴ A time to ^(A)weep,
And a time to laugh;
A time to mourn,
And a time to dance;