At that time the Lord, the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, called you to weep and mourn. He told you to shave your heads in sorrow for your sins and to wear clothes of burlap to show your remorse.

当那日，主万军之耶和华叫人哭泣哀号，头上光秃，身披麻布。

当那日，万军之主耶和华使人哭泣哀号，头上光秃，身披麻布。

当那日，万军之主耶和华使人哭泣哀号，头上光秃，身披麻布。

那日，万军之耶和华呼召你们哭泣哀号，剃光头发，身披麻衣。

到那日，主万军之耶和华叫人哭泣哀号，剃光头发，穿上麻布。

到那日，主万军之耶和华呼吁你们哭泣哀号、剃光头发、束上麻布。

當那日，主－萬軍之耶和華叫人哭泣哀號，頭上光禿，身披麻布。

當那日，萬軍之主耶和華使人哭泣哀號，頭上光禿，身披麻布。

當那日，萬軍之主耶和華使人哭泣哀號，頭上光禿，身披麻布。

那日，萬軍之耶和華呼召你們哭泣哀號，剃光頭髮，身披麻衣。

到那日，主萬軍之耶和華叫人哭泣哀號，剃光頭髮，穿上麻布。

當那日子、主萬軍之永恆主叫人哀哭號咷，頭上光禿，腰束麻布；

到那日，主萬軍之耶和華呼籲你們哭泣哀號、剃光頭髮、束上麻布。

是日也、萬軍之主耶和華、詔人哭泣哀號、薙髮束麻、

今萬有之主耶和華、頒厥詔命、使爾號哭、薙髮衣麻、

當此時主萬有之天主、命哭泣哀號、薙髮衣麻、

The Lord, the Lord Almighty, called you on that day to weep and to wail, to tear out your hair and put on sackcloth.

The Lord who rules over all called out to you at that time. The Lord told you to weep and cry. He told you to tear your hair out. And he told you to put on the rough clothing people wear when they’re sad.

In that day the Lord God of hosts called for weeping and mourning, for baldness and wearing sackcloth;

On that day the Lord GOD of Armies called for weeping, for wailing, for shaven heads, and for the wearing of sackcloth.

Therefore on that day the Lord God of armies called you to weeping, to wailing, To shaving the head, and to wearing sackcloth.

And in that day the Lord GOD of hosts Called for weeping and for mourning, For baldness and for girding with sackcloth.

And in that day did the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth:

On that day the Lord God of Hosts called for weeping, for wailing, for shaven heads, and for the wearing of sackcloth.

And in that day did the Lord GOD of hosts call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth:

At that time the sovereign master, the LORD who commands armies, called for weeping and mourning, for shaved heads and sackcloth.

In that day, the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, called to weeping, to mourning, to baldness, and to dressing in sackcloth;

Let the priests, who minister in the Lord’s presence, stand and weep between the entry room to the Temple and the altar. Let them pray,“ Spare your people, Lord! Don’t let your special possession become an object of mockery. Don’t let them become a joke for unbelieving foreigners who say,‘ Has the God of Israel left them?’”

Dress yourselves in burlap and weep, you priests! Wail, you who serve before the altar! Come, spend the night in burlap, you ministers of my God. For there is no grain or wine to offer at the Temple of your God.

Oh, people of Judah, shave your heads in sorrow, for the children you love will be snatched away. Make yourselves as bald as a vulture, for your little ones will be exiled to distant lands.

Look here, you rich people: Weep and groan with anguish because of all the terrible troubles ahead of you.

I will turn your celebrations into times of mourning and your singing into weeping. You will wear funeral clothes and shave your heads to show your sorrow— as if your only son had died. How very bitter that day will be!

Your people will go to their temple in Dibon to mourn. They will go to their sacred shrines to weep. They will wail for the fate of Nebo and Medeba, shaving their heads in sorrow and cutting off their beards.

When I heard this, I tore my cloak and my shirt, pulled hair from my head and beard, and sat down utterly shocked.

Job stood up and tore his robe in grief. Then he shaved his head and fell to the ground to worship.

“ You saw the misery of our ancestors in Egypt, and you heard their cries from beside the Red Sea.

When the king of Nineveh heard what Jonah was saying, he stepped down from his throne and took off his royal robes. He dressed himself in burlap and sat on a heap of ashes.

The prophet Jeremiah composed funeral songs for Josiah, and to this day choirs still sing these sad songs about his death. These songs of sorrow have become a tradition and are recorded in The Book of Laments.

A time to cry and a time to laugh. A time to grieve and a time to dance.

Come close to God, and God will come close to you. Wash your hands, you sinners; purify your hearts, for your loyalty is divided between God and the world.Let there be tears for what you have done. Let there be sorrow and deep grief. Let there be sadness instead of laughter, and gloom instead of joy.Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up in honor.

Then Nehemiah the governor, Ezra the priest and scribe, and the Levites who were interpreting for the people said to them,“ Don’t mourn or weep on such a day as this! For today is a sacred day before the Lord your God.” For the people had all been weeping as they listened to the words of the Law.And Nehemiah continued,“ Go and celebrate with a feast of rich foods and sweet drinks, and share gifts of food with people who have nothing prepared. This is a sacred day before our Lord. Don’t be dejected and sad, for the joy of the Lord is your strength!”And the Levites, too, quieted the people, telling them,“ Hush! Don’t weep! For this is a sacred day.”So the people went away to eat and drink at a festive meal, to share gifts of food, and to celebrate with great joy because they had heard God’s words and understood them.

Yet God has made everything beautiful for its own time. He has planted eternity in the human heart, but even so, people cannot see the whole scope of God’s work from beginning to end.