Isaiah 3:26
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“And the gates of Zion will lament and mourn; destitute, she will sit on the ground.”
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“And the gates of Zion will lament and mourn; destitute, she will sit on the ground.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And her gates shall lament and mourn; and she being desolate shall sit upon the ground.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And her gates shall lament and mourn; and she shall be desolate and sit upon the ground.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And lamented and mourned have her openings, Yea, she hath been emptied, on the earth she sitteth!”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Isaiah 3:26 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Job 2:8And Job took a piece of broken pottery to scrape himself as he sat among the ashes.
- Job 2:13Then 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.
- Isaiah 29:2And I will constrain Ariel, and there will be mourning and lamentation; she will be like an altar hearth before Me.
- Isaiah 32:14For the palace will be forsaken, the busy city abandoned. The hill and the watchtower will become caves forever— the delight of wild donkeys and a pasture for flocks—
- Isaiah 47:1“Go down and sit in the dust, O Virgin Daughter of Babylon. Sit on the ground without a throne, O Daughter of Chaldea! For you will no longer be called tender or delicate.
- Jeremiah 14:2“Judah mourns and her gates languish. Her people wail for the land, and a cry goes up from Jerusalem.
- Lamentations 1:4The 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.
- Lamentations 2:10The 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.
- Ezekiel 26:16All 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 19:44They 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.”
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