Lamentations 2:10

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

The elders of Daughter Zion sit on the ground in silence. They have thrown dust on their heads and put on sackcloth. The young women of Jerusalem have bowed their heads to the ground.

Cross References

Isaiah 3:26

Then her gates  will lament and mourn; deserted, she will sit on the ground.

Isaiah 15:3

In its streets they wear sackcloth; on its rooftops and in its public squares everyone wails, falling down and weeping.

Amos 8:3

In that day the temple  songs  will become wailing’   #– #this is the Lord God’s declaration. ‘Many dead bodies, thrown everywhere!  Silence! ’

Ezekiel 7:18

They will put on sackcloth, and horror will overwhelm them. Shame will cover all their faces, and all their heads will be bald.

Lamentations 3:28

Let him sit alone and be silent, for God has disciplined   him.

Lamentations 1:4

The roads to Zion   mourn, for no one comes to the appointed festivals. All her gates are deserted; her priests groan, her young women grieve, and she herself is bitter.

Lamentations 1:1

How  she sits alone, the city  once crowded with people! She who was great among the nations has become like a widow. The princess among the provinces has been put to forced labour.

Isaiah 47:1

‘Go down and sit in the dust, Virgin Daughter Babylon. Sit on the ground without a throne, Daughter Chaldea! For you will no longer be called pampered and spoilt.

Joshua 7:6

Then Joshua tore his clothes and fell face down to the ground before the ark of the Lord until evening,  as did the elders of Israel; they all put dust on their heads.

Revelation 18:19

They threw dust on their heads and kept crying out, weeping, and mourning, Woe, woe, the great city, where all those who have ships on the sea became rich from her wealth; for in a single hour she was destroyed.

Amos 8:13

In that day the beautiful young women, the young men also, will faint from thirst.

Amos 5:13

Therefore, those who have insight will keep silent  , at such a time, for the days are evil.

Joel 1:8

Grieve like a young woman dressed in sackcloth, mourning for the husband of her youth.

Ezekiel 27:31

They shave their heads because of you and wrap themselves in sackcloth. They weep over you with deep anguish and bitter mourning.

Lamentations 5:14

The elders have left the city gate, the young men, their music.

Lamentations 5:12

Princes have been hung up by their hands; elders are shown no respect.

Lamentations 4:16

The Lord himself has scattered them; he no longer watches over them. The priests are not respected; the elders find no favour.

Lamentations 4:5

Those who used to eat delicacies are destitute in the streets; those who were brought up in purple garments huddle in rubbish heaps.

Jeremiah 8:14

Why are we just sitting here? Gather together; let’s enter the fortified cities and perish there, for the Lord our God has destroyed   us. He has given us poisoned water to drink, because we have sinned against the  Lord.

Isaiah 47:5

‘Daughter Chaldea, sit in silence  and go into darkness. For you will no longer be called mistress of kingdoms.

Isaiah 36:22

Then Eliakim son of Hilkiah, who was in charge of the palace, Shebna the court secretary, and Joah son of Asaph, the court historian, came to Hezekiah with their clothes torn and reported to him the words of the royal spokesman.

2 Samuel 13:19

Tamar put ashes on her head and tore the long-sleeved robe she was wearing. She put her hand on her head  and went away crying out.

Isaiah 3:24

Instead of perfume there will be a stench; instead of a belt, a rope; instead of beautifully styled hair,   baldness; instead of fine clothes, sackcloth; instead of beauty, branding.

Ezekiel 27:30

Because of you, they raise their voices and cry out bitterly. They throw dust on their heads; they roll in ashes.

Jonah 3:6

When word reached the king of Nineveh, he got up from his throne, took off his royal robe, covered himself with sackcloth,  and sat in ashes.