Lamentations 1:4; Isaiah 1:13; Zephaniah 3:18

The roads to Zion mourn,

for none come to lthe festival;

mall her gates are desolate;

her priests ngroan;

her virgins have been afflicted,1

and she herself suffers bitterly.


13  Bring no more vain offerings;

incense is an abomination to me.

cNew moon and Sabbath and the dcalling of convocations

I cannot endure einiquity and fsolemn assembly.


18  I will gather those of you who mourn pfor the festival,

so that you will no longer suffer reproach.1