Isaiah 3:26
24 And it shall come to pass, that instead of sweet smell there shall be stink; and instead of a girdle a rent; and instead of well set hair baldness; and instead of a stomacher a girding of sackcloth; and burning instead of beauty.
25 Thy men shall fall by the sword, and thy mighty in the war.
And her gates shall lament and mourn; and she being desolate shall sit upon the ground.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- And the gates of Zion will lament and mourn; destitute, she will sit on the ground.
- KJV
- And her gates shall lament and mourn; and she being desolate shall sit upon the ground.
- WEB
- Her gates shall lament and mourn. She shall be desolate and sit on the ground.
- ASV
- And her gates shall lament and mourn; and she shall be desolate and sit upon the ground.
- DARBY
- and her gates shall lament and mourn; and, stripped, she shall sit upon the ground.
- BLB
- and her gates will lament and mourn and she will be left empty—on the ground she will sit.
- ÅB
- Og hennes[^5] porter klager og sørger, og utplyndret sitter hun på jorden.
[^1]: staten i dens elendige forfatning.
[^2]: smykker som forestiller solen.
[^3]: DMR 8, 21.
[^4]: 2MO 38, 8.
[^5]: Jerusalems. - OTB
- Og hennes porter skal sørge og klage, og hun skal sitte øde på bakken.
- B1930
- Og hennes porter klager og sørger, og utplyndret sitter hun på jorden. / < Jerusalems.>
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Jeremiah 14:2
Judah mourneth, and the gates thereof languish; they are black unto the ground; and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up.
Read in contextLamentations 2:10
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.
Read in contextLamentations 1:4
The ways of Zion do mourn, because none come to the solemn feasts: all her gates are desolate: her priests sigh, her virgins are afflicted, and she is in bitterness.
Read in contextJob 2:13
So they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven nights, and none spake a word unto him: for they saw that his grief was very great.
Read in contextLuke 19:44
And shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children within thee; and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another; because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation.
Read in contextJob 2:8
And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself withal; and he sat down among the ashes.
Read in contextEzekiel 26:16
Then all the princes of the sea shall come down from their thrones, and lay away their robes, and put off their broidered garments: they shall clothe themselves with trembling; they shall sit upon the ground, and shall tremble at every moment, and be astonished at thee.
Read in contextIsaiah 47:1
Come down, and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon, sit on the ground: there is no throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called tender and delicate.
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