Lamentaciones 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.
Context
This verse from Lamentaciones Chapter 2 connects to 10 cross-references. Dios es descrito como adversario que devoró a Israel sin misericordia, destruyó los palacios y derribó los muros de Jerusalén. El poeta ruega que Dios considere su angustia.
Otras traducciones
The elders of the daughter of Zion sit upon the ground, they 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.
Sit on the earth--keep silent do the elders of the daughter of Zion, They have caused dust to go up on their head, They have girded on sackcloth, Put down to the earth their head have the virgins of Jerusalem.
The responsible men of the daughter of Zion are seated on the earth without a word; they have put dust on their heads, they are clothed in haircloth: the heads of the virgins of Jerusalem are bent down to the earth.
Referencias cruzadas
Sit thou silent, and get thee into darkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called, …
Come down, and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon, sit on the ground: there is no throne, …
Then came Eliakim, the son of Hilkiah, that was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, the son …
In their streets they shall gird themselves with sackcloth: on the tops of their houses, and in their streets, every …
And her gates shall lament and mourn; and she being desolate shall sit upon the ground.
Why do we sit still? assemble yourselves, and let us enter into the defenced cities, and let us be silent …
In that day shall the fair virgins and young men faint for thirst.
And the songs of the temple shall be howlings in that day, saith the Lord God: there shall be many …
Therefore the prudent shall keep silence in that time; for it is an evil time.
And they cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and wailing, saying, Alas, alas, that great city, wherein were …