10 Now as soon as Ezʹra had prayed+ and he had made confession+ while weeping and lying prostrate+ before the house+ of the [true] God, those of Israel collected themselves together to him, a very large congregation, men and women and children, for the people had wept profusely.*

12 “And the Sovereign+ Lord, Jehovah of armies, will call in that day for weeping+ and for mourning and for baldness and for girding on sackcloth.+

9 Give way to misery and mourn and weep.+ Let YOUR laughter be turned into mourning, and [YOUR] joy into dejection.+