And it came to pass after these things that I went to the people and said unto them: "Assemble unto me all your elders and I will speak words unto them."
And they all assembled in the valley of the Cedron.
And I answered and said unto them: "Hear, O Israel, and I will speak to thee, and give ear, O seed of Jacob, and I will instruct thee.
Forget not Zion, but hold in remembrance the anguish of Jerusalem.
For lo! the days come, when everything that exists will become the prey of corruption and be as though it had not been."