Lamentations 2:10

The elders of the daughter of Zion sit on the ground in silence. 1 They have thrown dust on their heads and put on sackcloth. 1 The virgins of Jerusalem have bowed their heads to the ground. 1

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

9Her gates have sunk into the ground; he has destroyed and broken the bars of her gate. 1 Her king and her princes are among the nations, the law is no more 1 and her prophets find no vision from Yahweh. 1

11My eyes have failed from their tears; my stomach churns; 1 my inner parts are poured out to the ground because of the destruction of the daughter of my people, 1 children and infants faint in the streets of the city. 1

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Cross References

Joshua 7:6Then Joshua tore his garments. He and the elders of Israel put dust on their heads and lay facedown on the ground in front of the ark of Yahweh, remaining there until evening.

Job 2:12When they lifted up their eyes at a distance, they did not recognize him. They raised their voices and wept; each tore his robe and threw dust into the air and upon his own head.

Isaiah 3:26Jerusalem's gates will lament and mourn; and she will be alone and sit upon the ground.

Isaiah 36:22Then Eliakim son of Hilkiah, who was over the household, Shebna the scribe, and Joah son of Asaph, the recorder, came to Hezekiah with their clothes torn, and reported to him the words of the chief commander.

Isaiah 47:5Sit in silence and go into darkness, daughter of the Chaldeans; 1 for you will no longer be called queen of kingdoms. 1

Lamentations 1:1The city that once was full of people is now sitting all alone. 1 She has become like a widow, though she was a mighty nation. 1 She was a princess among the nations, but is now forced into slavery. 1

Matthew Henry on Lamentations 2:2-10

Cause, Extent, and Greatness of Zion's Calamities. ( b. c. 588.) 1 How hath the Lord covered the daughter of Zion with a cloud in his anger, and cast down from heaven unto the earth the beauty of Israel, and remembered not his footstool in the day of his anger! 2 The Lord hath swallowed up all the habitations of Jacob, and hath not pitied: he hath thrown down in his wrath the strong holds of the daughter of Judah; he hath brought them down to the ground: he hath polluted the kingdom and the princes thereof. 3 He… Read the whole commentary →

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