25
Therefore there was a great mourning in Israel, in every place where they were;
26
So that the princes and elders mourned, the virgins and young men were made feeble, and the beauty of women was changed.
27
Every bridegroom took up lamentation, and she that sat in the marriage chamber was in heaviness,
28
The land also was moved for the inhabitants thereof, and all the house of Jacob was covered with confusion.
29
And after two years fully expired the king sent his chief collector of tribute unto the cities of Juda, who came unto Jerusalem with a great multitude,
The Brenton translation of the Septuagint is in the public domain.