The National Doom

5 For thus Jehovah saith:

Do not enter the house of grief,

Nor go to make lament,

And raise for them no wailing;

Because from this (My) people

I have taken away My peace.

6 Both great and small in this land shall die,

They shall be unburied, unmourned;

Not a man shall gash his body,

Or shear his hair for them.

7 No bread shall be broken for mourners,

To comfort them for the dead;

Nor shall cup of consolation

Be given for father or mother.

8 Do not enter the house of feasting,

To sit with them, eating and drinking.

9 For thus saith Jehovah of Hosts,

The God of Israel:

Mark this – ye shall live to see it–

This place I will bring to silence,

The voice of mirth and gladness,

The voice of bridegroom and bride.