Isaiah 3:26 “And the gates of Zion will lament and mourn; destitute, she will sit o…”

Isaiah 3:26

And the gates of Zion will lament and mourn; destitute, she will sit on the ground.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And her gates shall lament and mourn; and she being desolate shall sit upon the ground.

World English Bible

Her gates shall lament and mourn. She shall be desolate and sit on the ground.

American Standard Version

And her gates shall lament and mourn; and she shall be desolate and sit upon the ground.

Geneva Bible 1599

Then shall her gates mourne and lament, and she, being desolate, shall sit vpon the ground.

Darby Translation

and her gates shall lament and mourn; and, stripped, she shall sit upon the ground.

Young's Literal Translation

And lamented and mourned have her openings, Yea, she hath been emptied, on the earth she sitteth!

Bible in Basic English

And in the public places of her towns will be sorrow and weeping; and she will be seated on the earth, waste and uncovered.

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Cross references

“her gates”

Jeremiah 14:2 Lamentations 1:4

Jeremiah 14:2 · BSB

“Judah mourns and her gates languish. Her people wail for the land, and a cry goes up from Jerusalem.

Lamentations 1:4 · BSB

The roads to Zion mourn, because no one comes to her appointed feasts. All her gates are deserted; her priests groan, her maidens grieve, and she herself is bitter with anguish.

“shall sit”

Lamentations 2:10 Job 2:13 Job 2:8 Ezekiel 26:16 Luke 19:44 Isaiah 47:1

Lamentations 2:10 · BSB

The elders of the Daughter of Zion sit on the ground in silence. They have thrown dust on their heads and put on sackcloth. The young women of Jerusalem have bowed their heads to the ground.

Job 2:13 · BSB

Then they sat on the ground with him for seven days and seven nights, but no one spoke a word to him because they saw how intense his suffering was.

Job 2:8 · BSB

And Job took a piece of broken pottery to scrape himself as he sat among the ashes.

Ezekiel 26:16 · BSB

All the princes of the sea will descend from their thrones, remove their robes, and strip off their embroidered garments. Clothed with terror, they will sit on the ground, trembling every moment, appalled over you.

Luke 19:44 · BSB

They will level you to the ground—you and the children within your walls. They will not leave one stone on another, because you did not recognize the time of your visitation from God. ”

Isaiah 47:1 · BSB

“Go down and sit in the dust, O Virgin Daughter of Babylon. Sit on the ground without a throne, O Daughter of the Chaldeans! For you will no longer be called tender or delicate.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

25Your men will fall by the sword, and your warriors in battle.

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