Lamentations 2:10
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Lamentations 2:10 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Lamentations 2:10 is a verse from the book of Lamentations in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "The elders of the daughter of Zion sit upon the ground, and keep silence: they have cast up dust upon their heads; they ..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Lamentations 2:10 — 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.”
— Lamentations 2:10 (KJV)
Lamentations 2:10 in Context — About the Book of Lamentations
Lamentations is five funeral poems over fallen Jerusalem — grief given holy structure. At its exact center burns the flame the darkness never reaches: because of the Lord's great love we are not consumed; His mercies are new every morning. It teaches us to grieve with hope.
Cross-References for Lamentations 2:10
“Shake thyself from the dust; arise, and sit down, O Jerusalem: loose thyself from the bands of thy neck, O captive daughter of Zion.”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 2:10: daughter, zion, sit
“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 shalt no more be called tender and delicate.”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 2:10: daughter, sit, ground
“And he smote Moab, and measured them with a line, casting them down to the ground; even with two lines measured he to put to death, and with one full line to keep alive. And so the Moabites became David's servants, and brought gifts.”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 2:10: ground, keep, cast
“Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the chief of the fathers of the children of Israel, unto king Solomon in Jerusalem, that they might bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the city of David, which is Zion. chief: Heb. princes”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 2:10: elders, zion, heads
“Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the chief of the fathers of the children of Israel, unto Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the city of David, which is Zion.”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 2:10: elders, zion, heads
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