³¹ And my music has been turned to sorrow, and the sound of my pipe into the noise of weeping.

¹⁵ The joy of our hearts is ended; our dancing is changed into sorrow.

¹ By the rivers of Babylon we were seated, weeping at the memory of Zion,

² Hanging our instruments of music on the trees by the waterside.

³ For there those who had taken us prisoners made request for a song; and those who had taken away all we had gave us orders to be glad, saying, Give us one of the songs of Zion.

⁴ How may we give the Lord's song in a strange land?

⁴ A time for weeping and a time for laughing; a time for sorrow and a time for dancing;

⁴ My mind is wandering, fear has overcome me: the evening of my desire has been turned into shaking for me.

¹² And in that day the Lord, the Lord of armies, was looking for weeping, and cries of sorrow, cutting off of the hair, and putting on the clothing of grief:

⁷ The new wine is thin, the vine is feeble, and all the glad-hearted make sounds of grief.

⁸ The pleasing sound of all instruments of music has come to an end, and the voices of those who are glad.

⁹ There is no more drinking of wine with a song; strong drink will be bitter to those who take it.

¹⁸ Then they got a stone and put it over the mouth of the hole, and it was stamped with the king's stamp and with the stamp of the lords, so that the decision about Daniel might not be changed.