## translationWords

* [[en:tw:altar]]
* [[en:tw:assembly]]
* [[en:tw:declare]]
* [[en:tw:elder]]
* [[en:tw:fast]]
* [[en:tw:god]]
* [[en:tw:priest]]
* [[en:tw:sackcloth]]
* [[en:tw:sacred]]
* [[en:tw:temple]]
* [[en:tw:yahweh]]

## translationNotes

* God speaks to the priests in Israel
* **Put on sackcloth and mourn, you priests! Wail, you servants of the altar. Come, lie all night in sackcloth, you servants of my God** - God is telling the priests to humble themselves and cry out in sadness. AT: “All you priests mourn and wail and humble yourselves by spending all night in sackcloth” (See:[[en:ta:vol2:translate:figs_parallelism]])
* **the grain offering and the drink offering** - regular offerings in the temple
* **the house of your God** - the temple in Jerusalem