Isaiah 3:26
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26 And her gates shall lament and mourn;
desolate, she shall sit upon the ground.(A)
Lamentations 2:10
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10 The elders of daughter Zion
sit on the ground in silence;
they have thrown dust on their heads;
they put on sackcloth;
the young women of Jerusalem
have bowed their heads to the ground.(A)
Jeremiah 14:2
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2 Judah mourns,
and her gates languish;
they lie in gloom on the ground,
and the cry of Jerusalem goes up.(A)
Lamentations 1:4
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4 The roads to Zion mourn,
for no one comes to the festivals;
all her gates are desolate;
her priests groan;
her young girls grieve,[a]
and her lot is bitter.(A)
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- 1.4 Meaning of Heb uncertain
Job 2:13
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13 They sat with him on the ground seven days and seven nights, and no one spoke a word to him, for they saw that his suffering was very great.(A)
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Luke 19:44
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44 They will crush you to the ground, you and your children within you, and they will not leave within you one stone upon another, because you did not recognize the time of your visitation from God.”[a](A)
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- 19.44 Gk lacks from God
Ezekiel 26:16
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16 Then all the princes of the sea shall step down from their thrones; they shall remove their robes and strip off their embroidered garments. They shall clothe themselves with trembling and shall sit on the ground; they shall tremble every moment and be appalled at you.(A)
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Job 2:8
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8 Job[a] took a potsherd with which to scrape himself and sat among the ashes.(A)
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- 2.8 Heb He
Isaiah 47:1
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The Humiliation of Babylon
47 Come down and sit in the dust,
virgin daughter Babylon!
Sit on the ground without a throne,
daughter Chaldea!
For you shall no more be called
tender and delicate.(A)
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