¹And I answered and said: 'So then I am destined to grieve for Zion, For thy enemies will come to this place and pollute Thy sanctuary, And lead thy inheritance into captivity, And make themselves masters of those whom thou hast loved, And they will depart again to the place of their idols, And will boast before them: And what will thou dost for Thy great name?'

²And the Lord said unto me: 'My name and My glory are unto all eternity; And My judgment shall maintain its right in its own time.

³And thou shalt see with thy eyes That the enemy will not overthrow Zion, Nor shall they burn Jerusalem, But be the ministers of the Judge for the time.

⁴But dost thou go and do whatsoever I have said unto you.

⁵And I went and took Jeremiah, and Adu, and Seriah, and Jabish, and Gedaliah, and all the honorable men of the people, and I led them to the valley of Kidron, and I narrated to them all that had been said unto me.

⁶And they lifted up their voice, and they all wept.

⁷And we sat there and fasted till the evening.