Therefore I retract,
And I repent, sitting on dust and ashes.”

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Therefore I despise myself(A)
    and repent(B) in dust and ashes.”(C)

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10 The elders of the daughter of Zion
(A)Sit on the ground and [a](B)are silent.
They have thrown (C)dust on their heads;
They have put on (D)sackcloth.
The (E)virgins of Jerusalem
Have bowed their heads to the ground.

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Footnotes

  1. Lamentations 2:10 Another reading is wail

10 The 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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19 And they threw (A)dust on their heads and were crying out, weeping and mourning, saying, ‘(B)Woe, woe, the great city, in which all who had ships at sea (C)became rich from her prosperity, for in (D)one hour she has been laid (E)waste!’

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19 They will throw dust on their heads,(A) and with weeping and mourning(B) cry out:

“‘Woe! Woe to you, great city,(C)
    where all who had ships on the sea
    became rich through her wealth!
In one hour she has been brought to ruin!’(D)

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