Isaiah 15:3
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In their streets they shall gird themselves with sackcloth: on the tops of their houses, and in their streets, every one shall howl, weeping abundantly.In its streets they wear sackcloth; on the rooftops and in the public squares they all wail, falling down weeping.
In other translations
In their streets they shall gird themselves with sackcloth: on the tops of their houses, and in their streets, every one shall howl, weeping abundantly.In its streets they wear sackcloth; on the rooftops and in the public squares they all wail, falling down weeping.
Hebrew words
בְּחוּצֹתָיוbechutzotavin streets itsH2351חָגְרוּchageruthey have girded onH2296שָׂקsaksackclothH8242עַל'alonH5921גַּגּוֹתֶיהָgagoteiharoofs itsH1406וּבִרְחֹבֹתֶיהָuvirchoteihaand in open places itsH7339כֻּלֹּהkulohall of itH3605יְיֵלִילyeyelilit is wailingH3213יֹרֵדyoredgoing downH3381בַּבֶּכִי׃babekhiin <the> weepingH1065
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- Jeremiah 19:13And the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses of the kings of Judah, shall be defiled as the place of Tophet, because of all the houses upon whose roofs they have burned incense unto all the host of heaven, and have poured out drink offerings unto other gods.The houses of Jerusalem and the houses of the kings of Judah will be defiled like that place, Topheth—all the houses on whose rooftops they burned incense to all the host of heaven and poured out drink offerings to other gods.”
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