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Jeremiah 6:26

O daughter of my people, dress yourselves in sackcloth and roll in ashes. Mourn with bitter wailing, as you would for an only son, for suddenly the destroyer will come upon us.

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ASV

O daughter of my people, gird thee with sackcloth, and wallow thyself in ashes: make thee mourning, as for an only son, most bitter lamentation; for the destroyer shall suddenly come upon us.

KJV

O daughter of my people, gird thee with sackcloth, and wallow thyself in ashes: make thee mourning, as for an only son, most bitter lamentation: for the spoiler shall suddenly come upon us.

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17 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
בַּת־bat-O daughter ofH1323 →
עַמִּ֤י'a.Mipeople myH5971 →
חִגְרִי־chig.ri-gird yourselfH2296 →
שָׂק֙saksackclothH8242 →
וְהִתְפַּלְּשִׁ֣יve.hit.pa.le.Shiand rollH6428 →
בָאֵ֔פֶרva.'E.ferin <the> ash[es]H665 →
אֵ֤בֶל'E.vel[the] mourning ofH60 →
יָחִיד֙ya.Chidan only [child]H3173 →
עֲשִׂ֣י'a.SiobserveH6213 →
לָ֔ךְLakhfor <the> yourself
מִסְפַּ֖דmis.Padwailing ofH4553 →
תַּמְרוּרִ֑יםtam.ru.Rimbitterness<es>H8563 →
כִּ֣יkiforH3588 →
פִתְאֹ֔םfit.'OmsuddenlyH6597 →
יָבֹ֥אya.Vo'it will comeH935 →
הַשֹּׁדֵ֖דha.sho.Dedthe destroyerH7703 →
עָלֵֽינוּ׃'a.Lei.nuon usH5921 →

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Jeremiah 18:22Let a cry be heard from their houses when You suddenly bring raiders against them, for they have dug a pit to capture me and have hidden snares for my feet.Jeremiah 4:8So put on sackcloth, mourn and wail, for the fierce anger of the LORD has not turned away from us.”Zechariah 12:10Then I will pour out on the house of David and on the people of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and prayer, and they will look on Me, the One they have pierced. They will mourn for Him as one mourns for an only child, and grieve bitterly for Him as one grieves for a firstborn son.Ezekiel 27:30They will raise their voices for you and cry out bitterly. They will throw dust on their heads and roll in ashes.Jeremiah 25:34Wail, you shepherds, and cry out; roll in the dust, you leaders of the flock. For the days of your slaughter have come; you will fall and be shattered like fine pottery.Lamentations 3:16He has ground my teeth with gravel and trampled me in the dust.Jonah 3:6When 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.Jeremiah 9:1Oh, that my head were a spring of water, and my eyes a fountain of tears! I would weep day and night over the slain daughter of my people.Micah 1:10Do not tell it in Gath; do not weep at all. Roll in the dust in Beth-leaphrah.Job 2:8And Job took a piece of broken pottery to scrape himself as he sat among the ashes.Jeremiah 48:8The destroyer will move against every city, and not one town will escape. The valley will also be ruined, and the high plain will be destroyed, as the LORD has said.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.Lamentations 4:6The punishment of the daughter of my people is greater than that of Sodom, which was overthrown in an instant without a hand turned to help her.Jeremiah 14:17You are to speak this word to them: ‘My eyes overflow with tears; day and night they do not cease, for the virgin daughter of my people has been shattered by a crushing blow, a severely grievous wound.Isaiah 30:13this iniquity of yours is like a breach about to fail, a bulge in a high wall, whose collapse will come suddenly—in an instant!Jeremiah 9:17–22This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Take note, and summon the wailing women; send for the most skillful among them.Lamentations 3:48Streams of tears flow from my eyes over the destruction of the daughter of my people.Lamentations 1:16For these things I weep; my eyes flow with tears. For there is no one nearby to comfort me, no one to revive my soul. My children are destitute because the enemy has prevailed.

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