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Isaiah 15:3

In their streets they shall gird themselves with sackcloth: on the tops of their houses, and in their streets, every one shall howl, weeping abundantly.

KJV

In triviis ejus accincti sunt sacco ; super tecta ejus et in plateis ejus omnis ululatus descendit in fletum.

Vulgate

ἐν ταῖς πλατείαις αὐτῆς περιζώσασθε σάκκους, καὶ κόπτεσθε ἐπὶ τῶν δωμάτων αὐτῆς καὶ ἐν ταῖς ῥύμαις αὐτῆς, πάντες ὀλολύζετε μετὰ κλαυθμοῦ.

LXX

In their streets they gird themselves with sackcloth; on their housetops, and in their broad places, every one waileth, weeping abundantly.

ASV

בְּ/חוּצֹתָ֖י/ו חָ֣גְרוּ שָׂ֑ק עַ֣ל גַּגּוֹתֶ֧י/הָ וּ/בִ/רְחֹבֹתֶ֛י/הָ כֻּלֹּ֥/ה יְיֵלִ֖יל יֹרֵ֥ד בַּ/בֶּֽכִי

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

10 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

בְכִ֖י
bky
noun · 28×
גָּֽג
gg
noun · 31×
ה
h
noun · 164×
הֵילִ֖ילוּ
hylylv
verb · 31×
הָ
h
noun · 43×
חָג֖וּר
chgvr
verb · 44×
יָרְד֥וּ
yrdv
verb · 377×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
שַׂקִּ֔ים
shqym
noun · 48×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Isa 3:24 — And it shall come to pass, that instead of sweet smell there shall be stink; and instead of a girdle a rent; and instead of well set hair baldness; and instead of a stomacher a girding of sackcloth; a
  • Isa 22:1 — The burden of the valley of vision. What aileth thee now, that thou art wholly gone up to the housetops?
  • Jonah 3:6 — For word came unto the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, and he laid his robe from him, and covered him with sackcloth, and sat in ashes.
  • Lam 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