³⁵ I am now eighty^(A) years old. Can I tell the difference between what is enjoyable and what is not? Can your servant taste what he eats and drinks? Can I still hear the voices of male and female singers?^(B) Why should your servant be an added^(C) burden to my lord the king?

²⁵ Jeremiah composed laments for Josiah, and to this day all the male and female singers commemorate Josiah in the laments.^(A) These became a tradition in Israel and are written in the Laments.^(B)