⁴ and it be·​·told thee, and thou hast heard of it, and inquired diligently, and, behold, it be true, and the thing certain, that such abomination is done in Israel;

³ and to say to^▵ the priests which were in the house of Jehovah of Armies, and to^▵ the prophets, saying, Should I weep in the fifth month, separating^▵ myself, as^◦ I have done these so^◦ many years?