‘We played the flute for you, yet you did not dance; we wailed in mourning, yet you did not weep.’

Many spread their cloaks on the road and others spread branches they had cut in the fields.

A great number of the people followed him, among them women who were mourning and wailing for him.

A very large crowd spread their cloaks on the road. Others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road.

Now they were all wailing and mourning for her, but he said, “Stop your weeping; she is not dead but asleep.”

(Look! He is returning with the clouds, and every eye will see him, even those who pierced him, and all the tribes on the earth will mourn because of him. This will certainly come to pass! Amen.)

Then the kings of the earth who committed immoral acts with her and lived in sensual luxury with her will weep and wail for her when they see the smoke from the fire that burns her up.

Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and all the tribes of the earth will mourn. They will see the Son of Man arriving on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.