<p class="poetry">No one brings grain offerings or drink offeringsp> <p class="poetry">to the temple<n id="1" /> of the <sc>Lordsc> anymore.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">So the priests, those who serve the <sc>Lord,sc> are in mourning.p>

<p class="poetry">Get dressed<n id="1" /> and lament, you priests!p> <p class="poetry">Wail, you who minister at the altar!p> <p class="poetry">Come, spend the night in sackcloth, you servants of my God,p> <p class="poetry">because no one brings grain offerings or drink offeringsp> <p class="poetry">to the temple of your God anymore.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Let the priests, those who serve the <sc>Lordsc>, weepp> <p class="poetry">from the vestibule all the way back to the altar.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Let them say, &#8220;Have pity, O <sc>Lordsc>, on your people;p> <p class="poetry">please do not turn over your inheritance to be mocked,p> <p class="poetry">to become a proverb<n id="2" /> among the nations.p> <p class="poetry">Why should it be said<n id="3" /> among the peoples,p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;Where is their God?&#8221;p>