And to speak unto the kohanim which were in the house of YY -TZvaot, and to the prophets, saying, Should I weep in the fifth month, separating myself, as I have done these so many years?
Thus saith YY -TZvaot; The fast of the fourth month, and the fast of the fifth, and the fast of the seventh, and the fast of the tenth, shall be to the house of Yhudah joy and gladness, and cheerful feasts; therefore love the truth and peace.
Defraud ye not one the other, except it be with consent for a time, that ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again, that Satan tempt you not for your incontinency.
And Y'shuw`a said unto them, Can the children of the bridechamber mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them? but the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken from them, and then shall they fast.
Speak unto all the people of the land, and to the kohanim, saying, When ye fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh month, even those seventy years, did ye at all fast unto me, even to me?
Let the kohanim, the ministers of YY , weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare thy people, O YY , and give not thine heritage to reproach, that the heathen should rule over them: wherefore should they say among the people, Where is their Elohim?
My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no kohen to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the Torah of thy Elohim, I will also forget thy children.
And when the builders laid the foundation of the temple of YY , they set the kohanim in their apparel with shofars, and the Lvim the sons of Asaph with cymbals, to praise YY , after the ordinance of David king of Yisrael.