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Isaiah 15:3

In its streets they wear sackcloth; on the rooftops and in the public squares they all wail, falling down weeping.

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ASV

In their streets they gird themselves with sackcloth; on their housetops, and in their broad places, every one waileth, weeping abundantly.

KJV

In their streets they shall gird themselves with sackcloth: on the tops of their houses, and in their streets, every one shall howl, weeping abundantly.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
בְּחוּצֹתָ֖יוbe.chu.tzo.Tavin streets itsH2351 →
חָ֣גְרוּCha.ge.ruthey have girded onH2296 →
שָׂ֑קSaksackclothH8242 →
עַ֣ל'alonH5921 →
גַּגּוֹתֶ֧יהָga.go.Tei.haroofs itsH1406 →
וּבִרְחֹבֹתֶ֛יהָu.vir.cho.Tei.haand in open places itsH7339 →
כֻּלֹּ֥הku.Lohall of itH3605 →
יְיֵלִ֖ילye.ye.Lilit is wailingH3213 →
יֹרֵ֥דyo.Redgoing downH3381 →
בַּבֶּֽכִי׃ba.Be.khiin <the> weepingH1065 →

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Isaiah 3:24Instead of fragrance there will be a stench; instead of a belt, a rope; instead of styled hair, baldness; instead of fine clothing, sackcloth; instead of beauty, shame.Jonah 3:6–8When word reached the king of Nineveh, he got up from his throne, took off his royal robe, covered himself with sackcloth, and sat in ashes.Lamentations 2:10The elders of the Daughter of Zion sit on the ground in silence. They have thrown dust on their heads and put on sackcloth. The young women of Jerusalem have bowed their heads to the ground.2 Kings 6:30When the king heard the words of the woman, he tore his clothes. And as he passed by on the wall, the people saw the sackcloth under his clothes next to his skin.Matthew 11:21“Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.Isaiah 22:1This is the burden against the Valley of Vision: What ails you now, that you have all gone up to the rooftops,Jeremiah 19:13The houses of Jerusalem and the houses of the kings of Judah will be defiled like that place, Topheth—all the houses on whose rooftops they burned incense to all the host of heaven and poured out drink offerings to other gods.”Deuteronomy 22:8If you build a new house, you are to construct a railing around your roof, so that you do not bring bloodguilt on your house if someone falls from it.Jeremiah 48:38–39On all the rooftops of Moab and in the public squares, everyone is mourning; for I have shattered Moab like an unwanted jar,” declares the LORD.2 Samuel 3:31Then David ordered Joab and all the people with him, “Tear your clothes, put on sackcloth, and mourn before Abner.” And King David himself walked behind the funeral bier.Isaiah 22:4Therefore I said, “Turn away from me, let me weep bitterly! Do not try to console me over the destruction of the daughter of my people.”Isaiah 15:2Dibon goes up to its temple to weep at its high places. Moab wails over Nebo, as well as over Medeba. Every head is shaved, every beard is cut off.Isaiah 32:11Shudder, you ladies of leisure; tremble, you daughters of complacency. Strip yourselves bare and put sackcloth around your waists.Jeremiah 48:38On all the rooftops of Moab and in the public squares, everyone is mourning; for I have shattered Moab like an unwanted jar,” declares the LORD.

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The Prophet Isaiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Prophet Isaiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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