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12 On that day the Lord God of hosts
    called for weeping and mourning,
    for baldness and putting on sackcloth,(A)

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13 but instead there was joy and festivity,
    killing oxen and slaughtering sheep,
    eating meat and drinking wine.
“Let us eat and drink,
    for tomorrow we die.”(A)

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14 You have said, “It is vain to serve God. What do we profit by keeping his command or by going about as mourners before the Lord of hosts?(A)

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