Isaiah 3:26
Her gates shall lament and mourn, And she, being desolate, shall sit upon the ground.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
And her gates shall lament and mourn; and she being desolate shall sit upon the ground.
In Context
25Thy men shall fall by the sword, Yea, thy mighty men in battle;
Cross References
Job 2:8And he took a potsherd to scrape himself withal, and sat down among the ashes.
Isaiah 29:2Then will I distress Ariel; Mourning and sorrow shall be there; Yet shall she be to me as Ariel [[the lion of God]].
Isaiah 47:1Come down, and sit in the dust, O virgin, daughter of Babylon! Sit on the ground without a throne, O daughter of the Chaldaeans! For thou shalt no longer be called the tender and delicate!
Lamentations 1:4The ways to Zion mourn, because none come to the solemn feasts; All her gates are desolate, her priests sigh, Her virgins wail, and she is in bitterness.
Ezekiel 26:16And all the princes of the sea shall come down from their thrones, and lay aside their mantles, and put off their embroidered garments. They shall clothe themselves with trembling, and sit on the ground, and tremble every moment, and be astonished at thee.
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 →