2  ^bHear this, you elders;

give ear, all inhabitants of the land!

^cHas such a thing happened in your days,

or in the days of your fathers?

14  ^mConsecrate a fast;

call a solemn assembly.

Gather the elders

and all the inhabitants of the land

to the house of the Lord your God,

and cry out to the Lord.

16  gather the people.

Consecrate the congregation;

assemble the ^oelders;

gather the children,

even nursing infants.

Let the bridegroom leave his room,

and the bride her chamber.