Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version The gates of Zion will lament and mourn; destitute, she will sit on the ground. New Living Translation The gates of Zion will weep and mourn. The city will be like a ravaged woman, huddled on the ground. English Standard Version And her gates shall lament and mourn; empty, she shall sit on the ground. Berean Standard Bible And the gates of Zion will lament and mourn; destitute, she will sit on the ground. King James Bible And her gates shall lament and mourn; and she being desolate shall sit upon the ground. New King James Version Her gates shall lament and mourn, And she being desolate shall sit on the ground. New American Standard Bible And her gates will lament and mourn, And she will sit deserted on the ground. NASB 1995 And her gates will lament and mourn, And deserted she will sit on the ground. NASB 1977 And her gates will lament and mourn; And deserted she will sit on the ground. Legacy Standard Bible And her gates will lament and mourn, And deserted she will sit on the ground. Amplified Bible And Jerusalem’s gates will lament (cry out in grief) and mourn [as those who wail for the dead]; And she, being ruined and desolate, will sit upon the ground. Christian Standard Bible Then her gates will lament and mourn; deserted, she will sit on the ground. Holman Christian Standard Bible Then her gates will lament and mourn; deserted, she will sit on the ground. American Standard Version And her gates shall lament and mourn; and she shall be desolate and sit upon the ground. Contemporary English Version The city will mourn and sit in the dirt, emptied of its people. English Revised Version And her gates shall lament and mourn; and she shall be desolate and sit upon the ground. GOD'S WORD® Translation The gates of Zion will cry and grieve, and Zion will sit on the ground, exhausted. Good News Translation The city gates will mourn and cry, and the city itself will be like a woman sitting on the ground, stripped naked. International Standard Version and her gates lament and mourn. Ravaged, she will sit on the ground." Majority Standard Bible And the gates of Zion will lament and mourn; destitute, she will sit on the ground. NET Bible Her gates will mourn and lament; deprived of her people, she will sit on the ground. New Heart English Bible Her gates shall lament and mourn; and she shall be desolate and sit on the ground. Webster's Bible Translation And her gates shall lament and mourn; and she being desolate, shall sit upon the ground. World English Bible Her gates shall lament and mourn. She shall be desolate and sit on the ground. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionAnd her openings have lamented and mourned, "" Indeed, she has been emptied, she sits on the earth!” Young's Literal Translation And lamented and mourned have her openings, Yea, she hath been emptied, on the earth she sitteth! Smith's Literal Translation And her entrances sighed and mourned; and being clean, she shall sit upon the earth. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleAnd her gates shall lament and mourn, and she shall sit desolate on the ground. Catholic Public Domain Version And her gates will grieve and mourn. And she will sit on the ground, desolate. New American Bible Her gates will lament and mourn, as the city sits desolate on the ground. New Revised Standard Version And her gates shall lament and mourn; ravaged, she shall sit upon the ground. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleAnd her gates shall lament and mourn; and her victory shall turn to defeat. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated And her gates shall howl in mourning, and her victory shall fall to the ground OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917And her gates shall lament and mourn; And utterly bereft she shall sit upon the ground. Brenton Septuagint Translation And the stores of your ornaments shall mourn, and thou shalt be left alone, and shalt be levelled with the ground. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context A Warning to Jerusalem…25Your men will fall by the sword, and your warriors in battle. 26And the gates of Zion will lament and mourn; destitute, she will sit on the ground. Cross References Lamentations 1:1 How lonely lies the city, once so full of people! She who was great among the nations has become a widow. The princess of the provinces has become a slave. Jeremiah 14:2 “Judah mourns and her gates languish. Her people wail for the land, and a cry goes up from Jerusalem. Micah 1:8-9 Because of this I will lament and wail; I will walk barefoot and naked. I will howl like a jackal and mourn like an ostrich. / For her wound is incurable; it has reached even Judah; it has approached the gate of my people, as far as Jerusalem itself. Zephaniah 1:15-16 That day will be a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of destruction and desolation, a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and blackness, / a day of horn blast and battle cry against the fortified cities, and against the high corner towers. Ezekiel 27:31 They will shave their heads for you and wrap themselves in sackcloth. They will weep over you with anguish of soul and bitter mourning. Amos 5:16-17 Therefore this is what the LORD, the God of Hosts, the Lord, says: “There will be wailing in all the public squares and cries of ‘Alas! Alas!’ in all the streets. The farmer will be summoned to mourn, and the mourners to wail. / There will be wailing in all the vineyards, for I will pass through your midst,” says the LORD. Joel 1:8 Wail like a virgin dressed in sackcloth, grieving for the husband of her youth. Hosea 4:5 You will stumble by day, and the prophet will stumble with you by night; so I will destroy your mother— Jeremiah 4:8 So put on sackcloth, mourn and wail, for the fierce anger of the LORD has not turned away from us.” Jeremiah 6:26 O daughter of my people, dress yourselves in sackcloth and roll in ashes. Mourn with bitter wailing, as you would for an only son, for suddenly the destroyer will come upon us. Matthew 23:37-38 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling! / Look, your house is left to you desolate. Luke 19:41-44 As Jesus approached Jerusalem and saw the city, He wept over it / and said, “If only you had known on this day what would bring you peace! But now it is hidden from your eyes. / For the days will come upon you when your enemies will barricade you and surround you and hem you in on every side. ... Revelation 18:19 Then they will throw dust on their heads as they weep and mourn and cry out: “Woe, woe to the great city, where all who had ships on the sea were enriched by her wealth! For in a single hour she has been destroyed.” Mark 13:17 How miserable those days will be for pregnant and nursing mothers! Luke 21:23 How miserable those days will be for pregnant and nursing mothers! For there will be great distress upon the land and wrath against this people. Treasury of Scripture And her gates shall lament and mourn; and she being desolate shall sit on the ground. her gates Jeremiah 14:2 Judah mourneth, and the gates thereof languish; they are black unto the ground; and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up. Lamentations 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. desolate. Isaiah 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. Job 2:8,13 And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself withal; and he sat down among the ashes… Lamentations 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. Jump to Previous Bereft Deserted Desolate Destitute Earth Emptied Gates Ground Lament Mourn Mourned Openings Places Public Ravaged Seated Sit Sitteth Sorrow Stripped Towns Uncovered Utterly Waste Weeping ZionJump to Next Bereft Deserted Desolate Destitute Earth Emptied Gates Ground Lament Mourn Mourned Openings Places Public Ravaged Seated Sit Sitteth Sorrow Stripped Towns Uncovered Utterly Waste Weeping ZionIsaiah 3 1. The great calamities which come by sin10. The different rewards of the righteous and wicked 12. The oppression and covetousness of the rulers 16. The judgments which shall be for the pride of the women 25. The general desolation And her gates The term "gates" in ancient times often symbolized the place of power, authority, and social interaction within a city. Gates were where leaders met, judgments were made, and commerce was conducted. In the Hebrew context, the word "gates" (שַׁעַר, sha'ar) signifies not just physical entry points but also the heart of communal life. The lamentation of the gates indicates a breakdown of societal structure and leadership, reflecting a city in distress and turmoil. This imagery serves as a powerful reminder of the consequences of turning away from God’s statutes, as the very places that once buzzed with life and decision-making are now silent and sorrowful. will lament and mourn destitute she will sit on the ground
Hebrew And the gates [of Zion]פְּתָחֶ֑יהָ (pə·ṯā·ḥe·hā) Noun - masculine plural construct | third person feminine singular Strong's 6607: An opening, door, entrance way will lament וְאָנ֥וּ (wə·’ā·nū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural Strong's 578: To groan and mourn; וְאָבְל֖וּ (wə·’ā·ḇə·lū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural Strong's 56: To bewail destitute, וְנִקָּ֖תָה (wə·niq·qā·ṯāh) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Conjunctive perfect - third person feminine singular Strong's 5352: To be, clean, to be bare, extirpated she will sit תֵּשֵֽׁב׃ (tê·šêḇ) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular Strong's 3427: To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry on the ground. לָאָ֥רֶץ (lā·’ā·reṣ) Preposition-l, Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 776: Earth, land Links Isaiah 3:26 NIVIsaiah 3:26 NLT Isaiah 3:26 ESV Isaiah 3:26 NASB Isaiah 3:26 KJV Isaiah 3:26 BibleApps.com Isaiah 3:26 Biblia Paralela Isaiah 3:26 Chinese Bible Isaiah 3:26 French Bible Isaiah 3:26 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Isaiah 3:26 Her gates shall lament and mourn (Isa Isi Is) |
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