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Lamentations 2:10

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The elders of the daughter of Zion sit upon the ground, and keep silence: they have cast up dust upon their heads; they have girded themselves with sackcloth: the virgins of Jerusalem hang down their heads to the ground.
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  1. Isaiah 3:26Rank 1 from verse 10
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    26And her gates shall lament and mourn; and she being desolate shall sit upon the ground.

  2. Isaiah 15:3Rank 2 from verse 10
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    3In their streets they shall gird themselves with sackcloth: on the tops of their houses, and in their streets, every one shall howl, weeping abundantly.

  3. Job 2:12–13Rank 3 from verse 10
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    12And when they lifted up their eyes afar off, and knew him not, they lifted up their voice, and wept; and they rent every one his mantle, and sprinkled dust upon their heads toward heaven.

    13So they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven nights, and none spake a word unto him: for they saw that his grief was very great.

  4. Amos 8:3Rank 4 from verse 10
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    3And the songs of the temple shall be howlings in that day, saith the Lord God: there shall be many dead bodies in every place; they shall cast them forth with silence.

  5. Ezekiel 7:18Rank 5 from verse 10
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    18They shall also gird themselves with sackcloth, and horror shall cover them; and shame shall be upon all faces, and baldness upon all their heads.

  6. Isaiah 47:1Rank 6 from verse 10
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    1COME down, and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon, sit on the ground: there is no throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called tender and delicate.

  7. Joshua 7:6Rank 7 from verse 10
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    6¶ And Joshua rent his clothes, and fell to the earth upon his face before the ark of the Lord until the eventide, he and the elders of Israel, and put dust upon their heads.

  8. Lamentations 1:1Rank 8 from verse 10
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    1HOW doth the city sit solitary, that was full of people! how is she become as a widow! she that was great among the nations, and princess among the provinces, how is she become tributary!

  9. Lamentations 1:4Rank 9 from verse 10
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    4The ways of Zion do mourn, because none come to the solemn feasts: all her gates are desolate: her priests sigh, her virgins are afflicted, and she is in bitterness.

  10. Lamentations 3:28Rank 10 from verse 10
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    28He sitteth alone and keepeth silence, because he hath borne it upon him.

  11. 2 Samuel 13:19Rank 11 from verse 10
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    19¶ And Tamar put ashes on her head, and rent her garment of divers colours that was on her, and laid her hand on her head, and went on crying.

  12. Amos 5:13Rank 12 from verse 10
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    13Therefore the prudent shall keep silence in that time; for it is an evil time.

  13. Amos 8:13Rank 13 from verse 10
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    13In that day shall the fair virgins and young men faint for thirst.

  14. Ezekiel 27:31Rank 14 from verse 10
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    31And they shall make themselves utterly bald for thee, and gird them with sackcloth, and they shall weep for thee with bitterness of heart and bitter wailing.

  15. Isaiah 36:22Rank 15 from verse 10
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    22¶ Then came Eliakim, the son of Hilkiah, that was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, the son of Asaph, the recorder, to Hezekiah with their clothes rent, and told him the words of Rabshakeh.

  16. Isaiah 47:5Rank 16 from verse 10
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    5Sit thou silent, and get thee into darkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called, The lady of kingdoms.

  17. Jeremiah 8:14Rank 17 from verse 10
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    14Why do we sit still? assemble yourselves, and let us enter into the defenced cities, and let us be silent there: for the Lord our God hath put us to silence, and given us water of gall to drink, because we have sinned against the Lord.

  18. Joel 1:8Rank 18 from verse 10
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    8¶ Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth.

  19. Lamentations 4:16Rank 19 from verse 10
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    16The anger of the Lord hath divided them; he will no more regard them: they respected not the persons of the priests, they favoured not the elders.

  20. Lamentations 4:5Rank 20 from verse 10
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    5They that did feed delicately are desolate in the streets: they that were brought up in scarlet embrace dunghills.

  21. Lamentations 5:12Rank 21 from verse 10
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    12Princes are hanged up by their hand: the faces of elders were not honoured.

  22. Lamentations 5:14Rank 22 from verse 10
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    14The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their musick.

  23. Revelation 18:19Rank 23 from verse 10
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    19And they cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and wailing, saying, Alas, alas, that great city, wherein were made rich all that had ships in the sea by reason of her costliness! for in one hour is she made desolate.

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Lamentations 2:10

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upon

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1. Marks the person, place, thing, or basis to which something is related: on or onto; above or over; toward or against as the target of action, speech, thought, attention, or force; resting on, assigned to, or affecting as a state, gift, burden, duty, guilt, or judgment; supported by or based on; or one placed, added, or repeated on or after another. 2. With a stated time or occasion, or a preceding event, at that time or point, or at or after that event: on, at, when, then, or following it.

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COMBINED MEANING

ground

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Sense 1: The soil, earth, land, floor, or supporting surface. Sense 2: Figuratively, a basis, support, or foundation. Sense 3: Crushed or reduced to small particles by grinding.

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COMBINED MEANING

keep

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To guard, watch, protect, preserve, secure, retain, possess, hold, maintain, support, tend, manage, observe, obey, fulfil, celebrate, continue in, refrain from, or remain faithful to a person, place, trust, command, promise, way, time, or thing.

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silence

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Absence or cessation of sound or speech; quietness, stillness, restraint from speaking, or the condition of being made unable or unwilling to answer.

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COMBINED MEANING

cast

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1. To throw, send, put, lay, or direct a person or thing into, upon, around, toward, or away from a place, or into a stated condition. 2. To put away, reject, expel, remove, overthrow, or bring down. 3. To put forth or use a lot for choosing, dividing, or assigning. 4. To form an object by pouring molten material into a mould. 5. To shed, drop, or bring forth young, fruit, leaves, or flowers. 6. To raise, form, or prepare a bank, mount, trench, or way. 7. In "cast ... in his teeth," to reproach or charge something against him. 8. As a noun, the distance something may be thrown.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

girded

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of gird, meaning to fasten clothing or another object around the body.

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hang

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Sense 1: To suspend or be suspended from above, or to attach or hold by a support. Sense 2: To put to death by suspension upon a tree or gallows. Sense 3: To droop or be lowered. Sense 4: By figure, to depend upon.

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2:9Her gates are sunk into the ground; he hath destroyed and broken her bars: her king and her princes are among the Gentiles: the law is no more; her prophets also find no vision from the Lord.

2:10The elders of the daughter of Zion sit upon the ground, and keep silence: they have cast up dust upon their heads; they have girded themselves with sackcloth: the virgins of Jerusalem hang down their heads to the ground.

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2:11Mine eyes do fail with tears, my bowels are troubled, my liver is poured upon the earth, for the destruction of the daughter of my people; because the children and the sucklings swoon in the streets of the city.

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