3 And in all the different jurisdictional districts,+ wherever the king’s word and his law were reaching, there was great mourning+ among the Jews, and fasting+ and weeping and wailing. Sackcloth+ and ashes+ themselves came to be spread out as a couch for many.
34 “Howl, YOU shepherds, and cry out!+ And wallow about,+YOU majestic ones of the flock,+ because YOUR days for slaughtering and for YOUR scatterings have been fulfilled,*+ and YOU must fall like a desirable vessel!+
30 And over you they will certainly let themselves be heard with their voice and will cry out bitterly.+ And they will bring up dust upon their heads.+ In the ashes they will wallow.+