Lamentations · אֵיכָה

Lamentations 2:10

יֵֽשְׁבוּ֩ לָאָ֨רֶץ יִדְּמ֜וּ זִקְנֵ֣י בַת צִיּ֗וֹן הֶעֱל֤וּ עָפָר֙ עַל רֹאשָׁ֔ם חָגְר֖וּ שַׂקִּ֑ים הוֹרִ֤ידוּ לָאָ֙רֶץ֙ רֹאשָׁ֔ן בְּתוּל֖וֹת יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם׃
yeshbv laʾareṣ yidmv ziqney bat ṣiyvon heʿelv ʿapar ʿal roʾsham ḥagrv shaqiym hvoriydv laʾareṣ roʾshan btvlvot yrvshaliam
King James Version (KJV)

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.

Modern English

The 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.

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