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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.

KJV

Sederunt in terra, conticuerunt senes filiæ Sion ; consperserunt cinere capita sua, accincti sunt ciliciis : abjecerunt in terram capita sua virgines Jerusalem.

Vulgate

Ἰώδ. Ἐκάθισαν εἰς τὴν γῆν, ἐσιώπησαν πρεσβύτεροι θυγατρὸς Σειών, ἀνεβίβασαν χοῦν ἐπὶ τὴν κεφαλὴν αὐτῶν, περιεζώσαντο σάκκους, κατήγαγον εἰς γῆν ἀρχηγοὺς παρθένους ἐν Ἰερουσαλήμ.

LXX

The elders of the daughter of Zion sit upon the ground, they 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.

ASV

יֵשְׁב֨וּ לָ/אָ֤רֶץ יִדְּמוּ֙ זִקְנֵ֣י בַת צִיּ֔וֹן הֶֽעֱל֤וּ עָפָר֙ עַל רֹאשָׁ֔/ם חָגְר֖וּ שַׂקִּ֑ים הוֹרִ֤ידוּ לָ/אָ֨רֶץ֙ רֹאשָׁ֔/ן בְּתוּלֹ֖ת יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

15 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶ֣רֶץ
'rts
noun · 2484×
בְּתוּלַ֖ת
btvlt
noun · 50×
בַּת
bt
noun · 585×
זִקְנֵ֣י
zqny
adjective · 179×
חָג֖וּר
chgvr
verb · 44×
יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם
yrvshlm
proper_noun · 634×
יִדָּ֑מּוּ
ydmv
verb · 29×
יָרְד֥וּ
yrdv
verb · 377×
יֹשְׁבֵ֣י
yshby
verb · 1088×
יַּ֥עַל
y'l
verb · 885×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
עָפָ֥ר
'pr
noun · 109×
צִיּ֔וֹן
tsyvn
proper_noun · 147×
רֹ֣אשׁ
r'sh
noun · 593×
שַׂקִּ֔ים
shqym
noun · 48×

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • Amos 8:3 — And the songs of the temple shall be howlings in that day, saith the Lord GOD: there shall be many dead bodies in every place; they shall cast them forth with silence.
  • Ezek 7:18 — They shall also gird themselves with sackcloth, and horror shall cover them; and shame shall be upon all faces, and baldness upon all their heads.
  • Ezek 27:30 — And shall cause their voice to be heard against thee, and shall cry bitterly, and shall cast up dust upon their heads, they shall wallow themselves in the ashes:
  • 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 3:26 — And her gates shall lament and mourn; and she being desolate shall sit upon the ground.
  • Isa 3:26 — And her gates shall lament and mourn; and she being desolate shall sit upon the ground.
  • Isa 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.
  • Isa 47:1 — Come down, and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon, sit on the ground: there is no throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called tender and delicate.
  • Isa 47:1 — Come down, and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon, sit on the ground: there is no throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called tender and delicate.
  • Job 2:12 — And when they lifted up their eyes afar off, and knew him not, they lifted up their voice, and wept; and they rent every one his mantle, and sprinkled dust upon their heads toward heaven.
  • Job 2:12 — And when they lifted up their eyes afar off, and knew him not, they lifted up their voice, and wept; and they rent every one his mantle, and sprinkled dust upon their heads toward heaven.
  • Josh 7:6 — And Joshua rent his clothes, and fell to the earth upon his face before the ark of the LORD until the eventide, he and the elders of Israel, and put dust upon their heads.
  • Josh 7:6 — And Joshua rent his clothes, and fell to the earth upon his face before the ark of the LORD until the eventide, he and the elders of Israel, and put dust upon their heads.
  • Lam 1:1 — How doth the city sit solitary, that was full of people! how is she become as a widow! she that was great among the nations, and princess among the provinces, how is she become tributary!
  • Lam 1:4 — The ways of Zion do mourn, because none come to the solemn feasts: all her gates are desolate: her priests sigh, her virgins are afflicted, and she is in bitterness.
  • Lam 3:28 — He sitteth alone and keepeth silence, because he hath borne it upon him.
  • Lam 3:28 — He sitteth alone and keepeth silence, because he hath borne it upon him.
  • Ps 137:1 — By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion.
  • Rev 11:3 — And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth.