Lamentations 2:10

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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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
elders	זִקְנֵ֣י zik.Nei	H2205	old · adjective, masculine plural construct
daughter	בַת vat-	H1323	a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms… · noun, common feminine singular construct
Zion	צִיּ֔וֹן tzi.Yon	H6726	Tsijon (as a permanent capital) · proper noun, a place name
sit	יֵשְׁב֨וּ ye.she.Vu	H3427	properly · verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural
ground	לָאָ֤רֶץ la.'A.retz	H776	the earth (at large · preposition with the article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
silence	יִדְּמוּ֙ yi.de.Mu	H1826	to be dumb · verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural
up	הֶֽעֱל֤וּ he.'e.Lu	H5927	to ascend · verb, hiphil perfect, 3rd person common plural
dust	עָפָר֙ 'a.Far	H6083	dust (as powdered or gray) · noun, common masculine singular absolute
heads	רֹאשָׁ֔ם ro.Sham	H7218	the head (as most easily shaken) · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural
girded	חָגְר֖וּ cha.ge.Ru	H2296	to gird on (as a belt · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person common plural
sackcloth	שַׂקִּ֑ים sa.Kim	H8242	properly · noun, common masculine plural absolute
virgins	בְּתוּלֹ֖ת be.tu.Lot	H1330	a virgin (from her privacy) · noun, common feminine plural construct
Jerusalem	יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם ye.ru.sha.Lim	H3389	Jerushalaim or Jerushalem · proper noun, a place name
down	הוֹרִ֤ידוּ ho.Ri.du	H3381	to descend (literally · verb, hiphil perfect, 3rd person common plural
heads	רֹאשָׁ֔ן ro.Shan	H7218	the head (as most easily shaken) · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person feminine plural
ground	לָאָ֙רֶץ֙ la.'A.retz	H776	the earth (at large · preposition with the article + noun, common feminine singular absolute

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

Isaiah 3:26 And her gates shall lament and mourn; and she being desolate shall sit upon the ground.
Job 2:12-13 And 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…
Isaiah 15:3 In their streets they shall gird themselves with sackcloth: on the tops of their houses, and in their streets, every one shall howl, weeping…
Joshua 7:6 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,…
Isaiah 47:1 Come 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 s…
Lamentations 1:1 How 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 am…
Lamentations 1:4 The ways of Zion do mourn, because none come to the solemn feasts: all her gates are desolate: her priests sigh, her virgins are afflicted,…
Lamentations 3:28 He sitteth alone and keepeth silence, because he hath borne it upon him.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Lamentations 2:10–end

Justly are these called Lamentations, and they are very pathetic ones, the expressions of grief in perfection, mourning and woe, and nothing else, like the contents of Ezekiel's roll, Eze 2:10. I. Copies of lamentations are here presented and they are painted to the life. 1. The judges and magistrates, who used to appear in robes of state, have laid them aside, or rather are stripped of them, and put on the habit of mourners (Lam 2:10); the elders now sit no longer in the judgment-seats, the thrones of the house of David, but they sit upon the ground, having no seat to repose themselves in, or in token of great grief, as Job's friends sat with him upon the ground, Job 2:13. They open not the…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Lamentations 2:10

(Job 2:12-13). The "elders," by their example, would draw the others to violent grief. the virgins--who usually are so anxious to set off their personal appearances to advantage.

Adam Clarke on Lamentations 2:10

Sit upon the ground - See the note on Lam 1:1. Keep silence - No words can express their sorrows: small griefs are eloquent, great ones dumb.

John Gill on Lamentations 2:10

The elders of the daughter of Zion sit on the ground, and keep silence,.... Who used to sit in the gate on thrones of judgment, and passed sentence in causes tried before them; or were wont to give advice and counsel, and were regarded as oracles, now sit on the ground, and dumb, as mourners; see Job 2:13; they have cast up dust upon their heads; on their white hairs and gray locks, which bespoke wisdom, and made them grave and venerable: they have girded themselves with sackcloth: after the manner of mourners; who used to be clothed in scarlet and rich apparel, in robes suitable to their office as civil magistrates: the virgins of Jerusalem hang down their heads to the ground: through sh…

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Dictionary and topics

Girdles · Made of: Sackcloth — Made of: Sackcloth
Sackcloth · A symbol of mourning — A symbol of mourning
Virgin · Mourn in the temple — Mourn in the temple

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Lamentations 2:10

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Lamentations 2:10–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Lamentations 2:10

Adam Clarke on Lamentations 2:10

John Gill on Lamentations 2:10

Dictionary and topics

Lamentations 2:10

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Lamentations 2:10–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Lamentations 2:10

Adam Clarke on Lamentations 2:10

John Gill on Lamentations 2:10

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Lamentations 2:10

Keil & Delitzsch on Lamentations 2:10

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Lamentations 2:10

Rashi on Lamentations 2:10