Isaiah 3:26
And her gates will grieve and mourn. And she will sit on the ground, desolate.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
And her gates shall lament and mourn; and she being desolate shall sit upon the ground.
In Context
25Likewise, your most handsome men will fall by the sword, and your strong men will fall in battle.
Cross References
Job 2:8So he took a shard of earthenware and scraped the discharge, while sitting on a heap of refuse.
Isaiah 29:2And I will surround Ariel with siege works, and it will be in sorrow and mourning, and it will be like Ariel to me.
Isaiah 47:1Descend, sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon! Sit on the ground. There is no throne for the daughter of the Chaldeans. For you shall no longer be called delicate and tender.
Lamentations 1:4DALETH. The pathways of Zion mourn, because there are none who approach for the solemnity. All her gates are destroyed. Her priests groan. Her virgins are filthy. And she is overwhelmed with bitterness.
Ezekiel 26:16And all the leaders of the sea will descend from their thrones. And they will cast aside their outer garments and their colorful clothing, and they will be clothed in stupor. They will sit on the ground, and they will wonder with astonishment at your sudden downfall.
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 3:17-26
The Vanity of the Daughters of Zion. ( b. c. 758.) 16 Moreover the Lord saith, Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with stretched forth necks and wanton eyes, walking and mincing as they go, and making a tinkling with their feet: 17 Therefore the Lord will smite with a scab the crown of the head of the daughters of Zion, and the Lord will discover their secret parts. 18 In that day the Lord will take away the bravery of their tinkling ornaments about their feet, and their cauls, and their round… Read the whole commentary →