Lamentations 2:10

New King James Version

The elders of the daughter of Zion Sit on the ground and keep silence; They throw dust on their heads And gird themselves with sackcloth. The virgins of Jerusalem Bow their heads to the ground.

Cross References

2 Samuel 13:19

Then Tamar put ashes on her head, and tore her robe of many colors that was on her, and laid her hand on her head and went away crying bitterly.

Isaiah 15:3

In their streets they will clothe themselves with sackcloth; On the tops of their houses And in their streets Everyone will wail, weeping bitterly.

Isaiah 3:24

And so it shall be: Instead of a sweet smell there will be a stench; Instead of a sash, a rope; Instead of well-set hair, baldness; Instead of a rich robe, a girding of sackcloth; And branding instead of beauty.

Isaiah 3:26

Her gates shall lament and mourn, And she being desolate shall sit on the ground.

Isaiah 36:22

Then Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who was over the household, Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph, the recorder, came to Hezekiah with their clothes torn, and told him the words of the Rabshakeh.

Isaiah 47:1

“Come down and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon; Sit on the ground without a throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans! For you shall no more be called Tender and delicate.

Isaiah 47:5

“Sit in silence, and go into darkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans; For you shall no longer be called The Lady of Kingdoms.

Jeremiah 8:14

“Why do we sit still? Assemble yourselves, And let us enter the fortified cities, And let us be silent there. For the Lord our God has put us to silence And given us water of gall to drink, Because we have sinned against the Lord.

Lamentations 1:1

How lonely sits the city That was full of people! How like a widow is she, Who was great among the nations! The princess among the provinces Has become a slave!

Lamentations 1:4

The roads to Zion mourn Because no one comes to the set feasts. All her gates are desolate; Her priests sigh, Her virgins are afflicted, And she is in bitterness.

Lamentations 3:28

Let him sit alone and keep silent, Because God has laid it on him;

Lamentations 4:16

The face of the Lord scattered them; He no longer regards them. The people do not respect the priests Nor show favor to the elders.

Lamentations 4:5

Those who ate delicacies Are desolate in the streets; Those who were brought up in scarlet Embrace ash heaps.

Lamentations 5:12

Princes were hung up by their hands, And elders were not respected.

Lamentations 5:14

The elders have ceased gathering at the gate, And the young men from their music.

Ezekiel 27:30

They will make their voice heard because of you; They will cry bitterly and cast dust on their heads; They will roll about in ashes;

Ezekiel 27:31

They will shave themselves completely bald because of you, Gird themselves with sackcloth, And weep for you With bitterness of heart and bitter wailing.

Ezekiel 7:18

They will also be girded with sackcloth; Horror will cover them; Shame will be on every face, Baldness on all their heads.

Joel 1:8

Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth For the husband of her youth.

Amos 5:13

Therefore the prudent keep silent at that time, For it is an evil time.

Amos 8:13

“In that day the fair virgins And strong young men Shall faint from thirst.

Amos 8:3

And the songs of the temple Shall be wailing in that day,” Says the Lord God— “Many dead bodies everywhere, They shall be thrown out in silence.”

Jonah 3:6

Then word came to the king of Nineveh; and he arose from his throne and laid aside his robe, covered himself with sackcloth and sat in ashes.

Joshua 7:6

Then Joshua tore his clothes, and fell to the earth on his face before the ark of the Lord until evening, he and the elders of Israel; and they put dust on their heads.

Revelation 18:19

“They threw dust on their heads and cried out, weeping and wailing, and saying, ‘Alas, alas, that great city, in which all who had ships on the sea became rich by her wealth! For in one hour she is made desolate.’