I weep and refrain from eating food, which causes others to insult me.

On the twenty-fourth day of this same month the Israelites assembled; they were fasting and wearing sackcloth, their heads covered with dust.

When they were sick, I wore sackcloth, and refrained from eating food. (If I am lying, may my prayers go unanswered!)

So I turned my attention to the Lord God to implore him by prayer and requests, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes.