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Isaiah 3:26
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KJ21
And her gates shall lament and mourn; and she, being desolate, shall sit upon the ground.
ASV
And her gates shall lament and mourn; and she shall be desolate and sit upon the ground.
AMP
And Jerusalem’s gates will lament (cry out in grief) and mourn [as those who wail for the dead]; And she, being ruined and desolate, will sit upon the ground.
AMPC
And [Jerusalem’s] gates shall lament and mourn [as those who wail for the dead]; and she, being ruined and desolate, shall sit upon the ground.
BRG
And her gates shall lament and mourn; and she being desolate shall sit upon the ground.
CSB
Then her gates will lament and mourn; deserted, she will sit on the ground.
CSBA
Then her gates will lament and mourn; deserted, she will sit on the ground.
CEB
Her gates will lament and mourn; desolate, she will sit on the ground.
CJB
Her gates will lament and mourn; ravaged, she will sit on the ground.
CEV
The city will mourn and sit in the dirt, emptied of its people.
DARBY
and her gates shall lament and mourn; and, stripped, she shall sit upon the ground.
DRA
And her gates shall lament and mourn, and she shall sit desolate on the ground.
ERV
There will be crying and sadness in the meeting places by the city gates. Jerusalem will sit there empty, like a woman who has lost everything to thieves and robbers and now just sits on the ground and cries.
EASY
The city's gates will see all this and they will weep! The city will be empty. Zion will be like a poor woman who sits on the ground, completely alone.
EHV
Her gates will groan and grieve, and she will sit on the ground, deserted. On that day seven women will take hold of one man and say, “We will eat our own bread and wear our own clothing. Just let us be called by your name. Take away our shame.”
ESV
And her gates shall lament and mourn; empty, she shall sit on the ground.
ESVUK
And her gates shall lament and mourn; empty, she shall sit on the ground.
EXB
·There will be crying and sadness near the city gates [L Her gates will lament and mourn]. ·Jerusalem will be like a woman who has lost everything and sits on the ground [L Deserted/Destitute, she will sit on the ground].
GNV
Then shall her gates mourn and lament, and she being desolate, shall sit upon the ground.
GW
The gates of Zion will cry and grieve, and Zion will sit on the ground, exhausted.
GNT
The city gates will mourn and cry, and the city itself will be like a woman sitting on the ground, stripped naked.
HCSB
Then her gates will lament and mourn; deserted, she will sit on the ground.
ICB
There will be crying and sadness in the meeting places near the city gates. Jerusalem will be like a woman who has lost everything and sits on the ground.
ISV
and her gates lament and mourn. Ravaged, she will sit on the ground.”
JUB
Thy gates shall lament and mourn, and she being desolate shall sit upon the ground.
KJV
And her gates shall lament and mourn; and she being desolate shall sit upon the ground.
AKJV
And her gates shall lament and mourn; and she being desolate shall sit upon the ground.
LSB
And her gates will lament and mourn, And deserted she will sit on the ground.
LEB
And her gates shall lament and mourn, and she shall be banished; she shall sit upon the ground.
TLB
Their husbands shall die in battle; the women, ravaged, shall sit crying on the ground.
MSG
Your finest fighting men will be killed, your soldiers left dead on the battlefield. The entrance gate to Zion will be clotted with people mourning their dead— A city stooped under the weight of her loss, brought to her knees by her sorrows. * * *
MEV
Her gates shall lament and mourn, and she, being desolate, shall sit on the ground.
NOG
The gates of Zion will cry and grieve, and Zion will sit on the ground, exhausted.
NABRE
Her gates will lament and mourn, as the city sits desolate on the ground.
NASB
And her gates will lament and mourn, And she will sit deserted on the ground.
NASB1995
And her gates will lament and mourn, And deserted she will sit on the ground.
NCB
Your gates will lament and mourn; ravaged, you will sit desolate on the ground.
NCV
There will be crying and sadness near the city gates. Jerusalem will be like a woman who has lost everything and sits on the ground.
NET
Her gates will mourn and lament; deprived of her people, she will sit on the ground.
NIRV
The city of Zion will be very sad. Like a widow, she will lose everything. She will sit on the ground and mourn.
NIV
The gates of Zion will lament and mourn; destitute, she will sit on the ground.
NIVUK
The gates of Zion will lament and mourn; destitute, she will sit on the ground.
NKJV
Her gates shall lament and mourn, And she being desolate shall sit on the ground.
NLV
Jerusalem’s gates will be filled with sorrow. She will sit on the ground, laid waste and empty.
NLT
The gates of Zion will weep and mourn. The city will be like a ravaged woman, huddled on the ground.
NRSVA
And her gates shall lament and mourn; ravaged, she shall sit upon the ground.
NRSVACE
And her gates shall lament and mourn; ravaged, she shall sit upon the ground.
NRSVCE
And her gates shall lament and mourn; ravaged, she shall sit upon the ground.
NRSVUE
And her gates shall lament and mourn; desolate, she shall sit upon the ground.
OJB
And her gates shall lament and mourn; and she being desolate shall sit upon ha’aretz.
RGT
“Then shall her gates mourn and lament. And she, being desolate, shall sit upon the ground.”
RSV
And her gates shall lament and mourn; ravaged, she shall sit upon the ground.
RSVCE
And her gates shall lament and mourn; ravaged, she shall sit upon the ground.
TLV
Her gates will lament and mourn. Desolate, she will sit on the ground.
VOICE
And your gates will cry out in grief. The city will sit in a heap on the ground, desolate and empty.
WEB
Her gates shall lament and mourn. She shall be desolate and sit on the ground.
WYC
And the gates thereof shall wail, and mourn; and it shall sit desolate in [the] earth. (And her gates shall wail, and mourn; and she shall sit desolate upon the ground.)
YLT
And lamented and mourned have her openings, Yea, she hath been emptied, on the earth she sitteth!
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