Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
And her gates shall lament and mourn; and she being desolate shall sit upon the ground.
Her gates
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Bible References
Her gates
Jeremiah 14:2
"Judah mourns, and her gates languish. The people mourn for the land, and the cry of Jerusalem goes up.
Lamentations 1:4
The roads that lead to Zion are in mourning, because no one travels to the festivals. All her gates are desolate; her priests are moaning. Her young women are grieving, and she is bitter.
Shall sit
Isaiah 47:1
"Come down and sit in the dust, Virgin Daughter of Babylon. Sit on the ground without a chair, Daughter of the Chaldeans! For no longer will they call you tender and attractive.
Job 2:8
Job took a broken piece of pottery to scrape himself while sitting among the ashes.
Lamentations 2:10
The leaders of cherished Zion sit silently on the ground; they throw dust on their heads and dress in mourning clothes. The young women of Jerusalem bow their heads in sorrow.
Ezekiel 26:16
That's when all the kings of the seafaring nations will abandon their thrones, strip off their fancy clothes, and collapse trembling on the ground. They'll be so frightened as they observe what has happened to you that they'll be unable to stop trembling. They will be utterly appalled at you!
Luke 19:44
They will level you to the ground you and those who live within your city limits. They will not leave one stone on another within your walls, because you didn't recognize the time when you were visited."
General references
Ezekiel 12:20
The towns that are inhabited will lie in ruins, because the land will be devastated. Then they'll learn that I am the LORD."'"