³ In their streets they have girded themselves with ^(A)sackcloth;
^(B)On their rooftops and in their squares
Everyone is wailing, ^[a](C)dissolved in weeping.

¹⁰ The elders of the daughter of Zion
^(A)Sit on the ground; they ^(B)are silent.
They have thrown ^(C)dust up on their heads;
They have girded themselves with ^(D)sackcloth.
The ^(E)virgins of Jerusalem
Have bowed their heads down to the ground.