Isaiah 3:26

New International Version

²⁶The gates^(A) of Zion will lament and mourn;^(B)
destitute,^(C) she will sit on the ground.^(D)

Isaiah 47:1

New International Version

The Fall of Babylon

47 “Go down, sit in the dust,^(A)
    Virgin Daughter^(B) Babylon;
sit on the ground without a throne,
    queen city of the Babylonians.^[a]^(C)
No more will you be called
    tender or delicate.^(D)

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Footnotes

Isaiah 47:1 Or Chaldeans; also in verse 5

Isaiah 47:1 in all English translations

Jeremiah 48:18

New International Version

¹⁸“Come down from your glory
    and sit on the parched ground,^(A)
    you inhabitants of Daughter Dibon,^(B)
for the one who destroys Moab
    will come up against you
    and ruin your fortified cities.^(C)

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Jeremiah 48:18 in all English translations

Lamentations 2:10

New International Version

¹⁰The elders of Daughter Zion
    sit on the ground in silence;^(A)
they have sprinkled dust^(B) on their heads^(C)
    and put on sackcloth.^(D)
The young women of Jerusalem
    have bowed their heads to the ground.^(E)

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Lamentations 2:10 in all English translations

Ezekiel 26:16

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¹⁶Then all the princes of the coast will step down from their thrones and lay aside their robes and take off their embroidered^(A) garments. Clothed^(B) with terror, they will sit on the ground,^(C) trembling^(D) every moment, appalled^(E) at you.

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Ezekiel 26:16 in all English translations

Jonah 3:6

New International Version

⁶When Jonah’s warning reached the king of Nineveh, he rose from his throne, took off his royal robes, covered himself with sackcloth and sat down in the dust.^(A)

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Jonah 3:6 in all English translations

Haggai 2:22

New International Version

²²I will overturn^(A) royal thrones and shatter the power of the foreign kingdoms.^(B) I will overthrow chariots^(C) and their drivers; horses and their riders^(D) will fall, each by the sword of his brother.^(E)