¹⁷ Now, ^(A)gird up your loins and arise and speak to them all which I command you. ^(B)Do not be dismayed before them, lest I dismay you before them.

⁶ So you shall go and ^(A)read from the scroll, which you have ^(B)written ^[a]at my dictation, the words of Yahweh ^[b]in the hearing of the people in the house of Yahweh on a ^(C)fast day. And also you shall read them in the hearing of all the people of Judah who come from their cities.