Isaiah 3:26
And her gates shall lament and mourn; 1 and she being desolate shall sit upon ha'aretz.
Orthodox Jewish 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 cherev, 1 and thy gevurah in milchamah. 1
Cross References
Job 2:8And he took him a cheres (potsherd, piece of broken pottery) to scrape himself withal; and he sat down among the ashes.
Isaiah 29:2Yet I will distress Ariel, 1 and there shall be heaviness and sorrow; 1 and it shall be unto me as ariel (altar hearth). + 29:2 See Ezek 43:15 1
Isaiah 47:1Go down, and sit in the aphar, 1 O Betulat Bat Bavel, 1 sit on the ground; there is no kisse, 1 O Bat Kasdim (Chaldeans); 1 for thou shalt no more be called 1 tender and delicate. 1
Lamentations 1:4The darkhei Tziyon (approaches to Tziyon) do mourn, 1 because none come to mo'ed (set feasts); 1 all her she'arim (gates) are desolate; 1 her kohanim sigh, 1 her betulot (virgins) are afflicted, 1 and she is in bitterness. 1
Ezekiel 26:16Then all the nasi'im of the yam shall come down from their kisse'ot (thrones), and lay aside their robes, and put off their embroidered garments; they shall clothe themselves with trembling; they shall sit upon ha'aretz, and shall tremble at every moment, and be horrified 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 →