³⁸ “You may go,” he said. And he let her go for two months. She and her friends went into the hills and wept because she would never marry.

⁹ For this is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: Before your eyes and in your days I will bring an end to the sounds^(A) of joy and gladness and to the voices of bride^(B) and bridegroom in this place.^(C)