and he sent Eliakim, who was over the house, and Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests, covering themselves with sackcloth, to Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz.
And David said to Joab, and to all the people with him, Tear your garments and gird on sackcloth, and mourn before Abner. And King David walked after the bier.
And it happened, when they saw that the silver in the chest was much, that a scribe of the king and the high priest went up, and they bound it up, and counted the silver found in the house of Jehovah.
And they called to the king, and Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who was over the house, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph the recorder went out to them.
And they said to him, So says Hezekiah, it is a day of distress, and of rebuke, and of contempt today; for the sons have come to the birth, and there is no power to bring forth.
as it has been written in the scroll of the words of Isaiah the prophet, saying: “the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare the way of the Lord, make His paths straight.