Lamentations 2:10

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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.

Isaiah 3:26

Then her gates will lament and mourn;
deserted, she will sit on the ground.

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Job 2:12-13

When they looked from a distance, they could barely recognize him. They wept aloud, and each man tore his robe and threw dust into the air and on his head.

Isaiah 15:3

In its streets they wear sackcloth;
on its rooftops and in its public squares everyone wails,
falling down and weeping.

Joshua 7:6

Then Joshua tore his clothes and fell before the ark of the Lord with his face to the ground until evening, as did the elders of Israel; they all put dust on their heads.

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.

Lamentations 1:1

How she sits alone,
the city once crowded with people!
She who was great among the nations
has become like a widow.
The princess among the provinces
has been put to forced labor.

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.

Lamentations 3:28

י YodLet him sit alone and be silent,
for God has disciplined him.

Ezekiel 7:18

They will put on sackcloth,
and horror will overwhelm them.
Shame will cover all their faces,
and all their heads will be bald.

Amos 8:3

In that day the temple songs will become wailing”—this is the Lord God’s declaration. “Many dead bodies, thrown everywhere! Silence!”

2 Samuel 13:19

Tamar put ashes on her head and tore the long-sleeved garment she was wearing. She put her hand on her head and went away crying out.

Then Eliakim son of Hilkiah, who was in charge of the palace, Shebna the court secretary, and Joah son of Asaph, the court historian, came to Hezekiah with their clothes torn and reported to him the words of the Rabshakeh.

Isaiah 47:5

“Daughter Chaldea,
sit in silence and go into darkness.
For you will no longer be called mistress of kingdoms.

Jeremiah 8:14

Why are we just sitting here?
Gather together; let us enter the fortified cities
and perish there,
for the Lord our God has destroyed us.
He has given us poisoned water to drink,
because we have sinned against the Lord.

Lamentations 4:5

ה HeThose who used to eat delicacies
are destitute in the streets;
those who were reared in purple garments
huddle in garbage heaps.

Lamentations 4:16

פ PeThe Lord Himself has scattered them;
He regards them no more.
The priests are not respected;
the elders find no favor.

Lamentations 5:12

Princes are hung up by their hands;
elders are shown no respect.

Lamentations 5:14

The elders have left the city gate,
the young men, their music.

Ezekiel 27:31

They shave their heads because of you
and wrap themselves in sackcloth.
They weep over you
with deep anguish and bitter mourning.

Joel 1:8

Grieve like a young woman dressed in sackcloth,
mourning for the husband of her youth.

Amos 5:13

Therefore, the wise person will keep silent
at such a time,
for the days are evil.

Amos 8:13

In that day the beautiful young women,
the young men also, will faint from thirst.

Revelation 18:19

They threw dust on their heads and kept crying out, weeping, and mourning:

Woe, woe, the great city,
where all those who have ships on the sea
became rich from her wealth,
for in a single hour she was destroyed.

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Summary

Lamentations 2:10

The elders of the daughter of Zion sit upon the ground, and keep silence: they have cast up dust upon their heads; they have girded themselves with sackcloth: the virgins of Jerusalem hang down their heads to the ground.

Elders

Isaiah 47:1

And keep

Cast up

They have girded

Joel 1:8

The virgins

Lamentations 1:4

Amos 8:13

General references

Lamentations 3:28

Lamentations 5:12

Amos 8:13

Bible References

Elders

ה HeThose who used to eat delicacies
are destitute in the streets;
those who were reared in purple garments
huddle in garbage heaps.

Princes are hung up by their hands;
elders are shown no respect.

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

Then her gates will lament and mourn;
deserted, she will sit on the ground.

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“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.

And keep

י YodLet him sit alone and be silent,
for God has disciplined him.

Therefore, the wise person will keep silent

at such a time,
for the days are evil.

In that day the temple songs will become wailing”—this is the Lord God’s declaration. “Many dead bodies, thrown everywhere! Silence!”

Cast up

Then Joshua tore his clothes and fell before the ark of the Lord with his face to the ground until evening, as did the elders of Israel; they all put dust on their heads.

Tamar put ashes on her head and tore the long-sleeved garment she was wearing. She put her hand on her head and went away crying out.

When they looked from a distance, they could barely recognize him. They wept aloud, and each man tore his robe and threw dust into the air and on his head.

They have girded

In its streets they wear sackcloth;
on its rooftops and in its public squares everyone wails,
falling down and weeping.

They will put on sackcloth,
and horror will overwhelm them.
Shame will cover all their faces,
and all their heads will be bald.

They shave their heads because of you
and wrap themselves in sackcloth.
They weep over you
with deep anguish and bitter mourning.

Grieve like a young woman dressed in sackcloth,
mourning for the husband of her youth.

The virgins

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.

In that day the beautiful young women,
the young men also, will faint from thirst.

General references

י YodLet him sit alone and be silent,
for God has disciplined him.

Princes are hung up by their hands;
elders are shown no respect.

In that day the beautiful young women,
the young men also, will faint from thirst.