1 Esdras 8:71-73

Wycliffe Bible

⁷¹ And anon (or at once) as I heard these things, I cut my clothes, and the hallowed [or the sacred] coat, and I tore the hairs of mine head, and the beard, and I sat sorrowing, and dreary.

⁷² And there came to me then as many as ever were moved in (or by) the word of the Lord God of Israel, wailing me upon this wickedness (or while I wailed for this iniquity); and I sat sorrowful unto the eventide sacrifice. [And there came to me as many as ever were then moved in the word of the Lord God of Israel, me wailing upon the wickedness; and I sat sorrowful unto the eventide sacrifice.]

⁷³ And then I rising from fasting, having my clothes cut, kneeled much, and stretching out mine hands to the Lord, [And rising from fasting, having the clothes cut, much kneeling, and stretching out the hands to the Lord,]