KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)
TRANSLATION, MEANING, CONTEXT
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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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| KJV Verse | Original Hebrew | Meaning/ Definition This is a simplified translation of the original Hebrew word. Follow the buttons on the right to get more detail. | More Use the buttons below to get details on the Hebrew word and view related Bible verses that use the same root word. |
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| “The elders” | זִקְנֵ֣י | Old | elders |
| “of the daughter” | בַת | A daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively) | daughter |
| “of Zion” | צִיּ֔וֹן | Tsijon (as a permanent capital), a mountain of Jerusalem | Zion |
| “sit” | יֵשְׁב֨וּ | Properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry | sit |
| “upon the ground,” | לָאָ֤רֶץ | The earth (at large, or partitively a land) | upon ground |
| “and” | (No Hebrew definition. English implied.) | ||
| “keep silence:” | יִדְּמוּ֙ | To be dumb; by implication, to be astonished, to stop; also to perish | keep silence |
| “they have cast up” | הֶֽעֱל֤וּ | To ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative | cast up |
| “dust” | עָפָר֙ | Dust (as powdered or gray); hence, clay, earth, mud | dust |
| “upon” | עַל | Above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications | upon |
| “their heads;” | רֹאשָׁ֔ם | The head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.) | heads |
| “they have girded” | חָגְר֖וּ | To gird on (as a belt, armor, etc.) | girded |
| “themselves with sackcloth:” | שַׂקִּ֑ים | Properly, a mesh (as allowing a liquid to run through), i.e., coarse loose cloth or sacking (used in mourning and for bagging); hence, a bag (for grain, etc.) | themselves sackcloth |
| “the virgins” | בְּתוּלֹ֖ת | A virgin (from her privacy); sometimes (by continuation) a bride; also (figuratively) a city or state | virgins |
| “of Jerusalem” | יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ | Jerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of Palestine | Jerusalem |
| “hang down” | הוֹרִ֤ידוּ | To descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); causatively, to bring down (in all the above applications) | hang down |
| “their heads” | רֹאשָׁ֔ן | The head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.) | heads |
| “to the ground.” | לָאָ֙רֶץ֙ | The earth (at large, or partitively a land) | ground |
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8 The Lord hath purposed to destroy the wall of the daughter of Zion: he hath stretched out a line, he hath not withdrawn his hand from destroying: therefore he made the rampart and the wall to lament; they languished together.
9 Her 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.
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.
11 Mine 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.
12 They say to their mothers, Where is corn and wine? when they swooned as the wounded in the streets of the city, when their soul was poured out into their mothers' bosom.
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