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.
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. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The elders of the Daughter of Zion sit on the ground keeping silent; they have cast dust on their heads, they have girded themselves with sackcloth. The maidens of Jerusalem have bowed their heads to the ground [says Jeremiah]. American Standard Version (1901) The elders of the daughter of Zion sit upon the ground, they 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. Common English Bible Daughter Zion’s elders sit on the ground and mourn. They throw dust on their heads; they put on mourning clothes. Jerusalem’s young women bow their heads all the way to the ground. Catholic Public Domain Version JOD. The elders of the daughter of Zion have become idle; they sit on the ground. They have sprinkled their heads with ashes. They have been wrapped with haircloth. The virgins of Jerusalem have cast their heads down to the ground. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Jod. The ancients of the daughter of Sion sit upon the ground, they have held their peace: they have sprinkled their heads with dust, they are girded with haircloth: the virgins of Jerusalem hang down their heads to the ground. |
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.
In its streets they wear sackcloth; on its rooftops and in its public squares everyone wails, falling down and weeping.
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.
Then her gates will lament and mourn; deserted, she will sit on the ground.
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.
‘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.
‘Daughter Chaldea, sit in silence and go into darkness. For you will no longer be called mistress of kingdoms.
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.
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.
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.
The Lord himself has scattered them; he no longer watches over them. The priests are not respected; the elders find no favour.
Those who used to eat delicacies are destitute in the streets; those who were brought up in purple garments huddle in rubbish heaps.
Princes have been hung up by their hands; elders are shown no respect.
Because of you, they raise their voices and cry out bitterly. They throw dust on their heads; they roll in ashes.
They shave their heads because of you and wrap themselves in sackcloth. They weep over you with deep anguish and bitter mourning.
They will put on sackcloth, and horror will overwhelm them. Shame will cover all their faces, and all their heads will be bald.
Grieve like a young woman dressed in sackcloth, mourning for the husband of her youth.
Therefore, those who have insight will keep silent , at such a time, for the days are evil.
In that day the beautiful young women, the young men also, will faint from thirst.
In that day the temple songs will become wailing’ #– #this is the Lord God’s declaration. ‘Many dead bodies, thrown everywhere! Silence! ’
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.
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.
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.