Shudder, you ladies of leisure; tremble, you daughters of complacency. Strip yourselves bare and put sackcloth around your waists.
Instead of fragrance there will be a stench; instead of a belt, a rope; instead of styled hair, baldness; instead of fin
O daughter of my people, dress yourselves in sackcloth and roll in ashes. Mourn with bitter wailing, as you would for an
So put on sackcloth, mourn and wail, for the fierce anger of the LORD has not turned away from us.”
Otherwise, I will strip her naked and expose her like the day of her birth. I will make her like a desert and turn her i
They will flee to caverns in the rocks and crevices in the cliffs, away from the terror of the LORD and from the splendo
Men will flee to caves in the rocks and holes in the ground, away from the terror of the LORD and from the splendor of H
“Go down and sit in the dust, O Virgin Daughter of Babylon. Sit on the ground without a throne, O Daughter of the Chalde
you will serve your enemies the LORD will send against you in famine, thirst, nakedness, and destitution. He will place
In its streets they wear sackcloth; on the rooftops and in the public squares they all wail, falling down weeping.
The sinners in Zion are afraid; trembling grips the ungodly: “Who of us can dwell with a consuming fire? Who of us can d
so the king of Assyria will lead away the captives of Egypt and the exiles of Cush, young and old alike, naked and baref
A great number of people followed Him, including women who kept mourning and wailing for Him.
Because of this I will lament and wail; I will walk barefoot and naked. I will howl like a jackal and mourn like an ostr
Therefore I said, “Turn away from me, let me weep bitterly! Do not try to console me over the destruction of the daughte
Wail, O Heshbon, for Ai has been destroyed; cry out, O daughters of Rabbah! Put on sackcloth and mourn; run back and for
You have lived on earth in luxury and self-indulgence. You have fattened your hearts in the day of slaughter.