Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
And her gates shall lament and mourn; and she being desolate shall sit upon the ground.
Her gates
General references
Bible References
Her gates
Jeremiah 14:2 Judah mourns;
her gates languish.
Her people are on the ground in mourning;
Jerusalem’s cry rises up.
her gates languish.
Her people are on the ground in mourning;
Jerusalem’s cry rises up.
Lamentations 1:4
ד DaletThe roads to Zion mourn,
for no one comes to the appointed festivals.
All her gates are deserted;
her priests groan,
her young women grieve,
and she herself is bitter.
for no one comes to the appointed festivals.
All her gates are deserted;
her priests groan,
her young women grieve,
and she herself is bitter.
Shall sit
Isaiah 47:1 “Go down and sit in the dust,
Virgin Daughter Babylon.
Sit on the ground without a throne,
Daughter Chaldea!
For you will no longer be called pampered and spoiled.
Virgin Daughter Babylon.
Sit on the ground without a throne,
Daughter Chaldea!
For you will no longer be called pampered and spoiled.
Job 2:8
Then Job took a piece of broken pottery to scrape himself while he sat among the ashes.
Lamentations 2:10
י YodThe elders of Daughter 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.
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.
Ezekiel 26:16
All the princes of the sea will descend from their thrones, remove their robes, and strip off their embroidered garments. They will clothe themselves with trembling; they will sit on the ground, tremble continually, and be appalled at you.
Luke 19:44 They will crush you and your children within you to the ground, and they will not leave one stone on another in you, because you did not recognize the time of your visitation.”
General references
Ezekiel 12:20
The inhabited cities will be destroyed, and the land will become a desolation. Then you will know that I am Yahweh.”