Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And her gates shall lament and mourn; and she being desolate shall sit upon the ground.

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Bible References

Her gates

Jeremiah 14:2
“Judah mourns
And her gates languish;
They sit on the ground in mourning,
And the cry of Jerusalem has ascended.
Lamentations 1:4
The roads of Zion are in mourning
Because no one comes to the appointed feasts.
All her gates are desolate;
Her priests are groaning,
Her virgins are afflicted,
And she herself is bitter.

Shall sit

Isaiah 47:1
Come down and sit in the dust,
O virgin daughter of Babylon;
Sit on the ground without a throne,
O daughter of the Chaldeans!
For you shall no longer be called tender and delicate.
Job 2:8
And he took a potsherd to scrape himself while he was sitting among the ashes.
Lamentations 2:10
The elders of the daughter of Zion
Sit on the ground, they are silent.
They have thrown dust on their heads;
They have girded themselves with sackcloth.
The virgins of Jerusalem
Have bowed their heads to the ground.
Ezekiel 26:16
Then all the princes of the sea will go down from their thrones, remove their robes and strip off their embroidered garments. They will clothe themselves with trembling; they will sit on the ground, tremble every moment and be appalled at you.
Luke 19:44
and they will level you to the ground and your children within you, and they will not leave in you one stone upon another, because you did not recognize the time of your visitation.”

General references

Ezekiel 12:20
The inhabited cities will be laid waste and the land will be a desolation. So you will know that I am the Lord.”’”