17 open your eyes, and behold: for the dead that are in the grave, whose breath is taken from their bodies, will give to the Lord neither glory nor righteousness:
18 but the soul that is greatly vexed, which goes stooping and feeble, and the eyes that fail, and the hungry soul, will give you glory and righteousness, O Lord.
19 For we do not present our supplication before you, O Lord our God, for the righteousness of our fathers, and of our kings.
20 For you have sent your wrath and your indignation upon us, as you have spoken by your servants the prophets, saying,
21 Thus says the Lord, Bow your shoulders to serve the king of Babylon, and remain in the land that I gave to your fathers.
22 But if you⌃ will not hear the voice of the Lord, to serve the king of Babylon,
23 I will cause to cease out of the cities of Judah, and from without Jerusalem, the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride: and the whole land shall be desolate without inhabitant.