Let that night be empty. Let no joyful singing be heard in it.
“That night— let the blackness take it away. Let it not be included in the days of the year or be numbered among the months.
Let those who curse the day (those who know how to wake up Leviathan) curse that night.
Joyful tambourine music stops. Noisy celebrations cease. Joyful harp music stops.
In the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem, I will banish the sounds of joy and happiness and the sounds of brides and grooms, because the land will be a wasteland.”
