²⁶ Put on sackcloth,^(A) my people,
    and roll in ashes;^(B)
mourn with bitter wailing^(C)
    as for an only son,^(D)
for suddenly the destroyer^(E)
    will come upon us.

³⁷ Every head is shaved^(A)
    and every beard^(B) cut off;
every hand is slashed
    and every waist is covered with sackcloth.^(C)

¹⁸ They will put on sackcloth^(A)
    and be clothed with terror.^(B)
Every face will be covered with shame,
    and every head will be shaved.^(C)

²¹ “I hate,^(A) I despise your religious festivals;^(B)
    your assemblies^(C) are a stench to me.