King James Version

Isaiah 3:26

And her gates shall lament and mourn; and she being desolate shall sit upon the ground.

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וְאָנ֥וּveanvand lamentאָנָהconjunction, adverb — “and lament”H578to groanlament, mourn.וְאָבְל֖וּveavelvand lamentאָבַלconjunction, verb, qal, sequential perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “and lament”, a completed action in a sequenceH56to bewaillament, mourn.פְּתָחֶ֑יהָpetacheyhadoorפֶּתַחnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “door”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6607an opening (literally), i.e. door (gate) or entrance waydoor, entering (in), entrance (-ry), gate, opening, place.וְנִקָּ֖תָהveniqatahand be blamelessנָקָהconjunction, verb, niphal, sequential perfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “and be blameless”, a completed action in a sequenceH5352to be (or make) clean (literally or figuratively); by implication (in an adverse sense) to be bare, i.e. extirpatedacquit [idiom] at all, [idiom] altogether, be blameless, cleanse, (be) clear(-ing), cut off, be desolate, be free, be (hold) guiltless, be (hold) innocent, [idiom] by no means, be quit, be (leave) unpunished, [idiom] utterly, [idiom] wholl…לָאָ֥רֶץlaaretsto earthאֶרֶץpreposition, with the article, noun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “to earth”, the ordinary formH776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)[idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.תֵּשֵֽׁבteshevdwellיָשַׁבverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “dwell”, an unfinished actionH3427properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry(make to) abide(-ing), continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-ing), ease self, endure, establish, [idiom] fail, habitation, haunt, (make to) inhabit(-ant), make to keep (house), lurking, [idiom] marry(-ing), (bring again to) place, remain, r…

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And her gates shall lament and mourn; and utterly bereft she shall sit upon the ground.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And her gates shall lament and mourn; and she shall be desolate and sit upon the ground.

Young’s Literal Translation

And lamented and mourned have her openings, Yea, she hath been emptied, on the earth she sitteth!

World English Bible

Her gates shall lament and mourn. She shall be desolate and sit on the ground.

Darby Translation

and her gates shall lament and mourn; and, stripped, she shall sit upon the ground.

Douay-Rheims

And her gates shall lament and mourn, and she shall sit desolate on the ground.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And her gates shall lament and mourn; and utterly bereft she shall sit upon the ground.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And the stores of your ornaments shall mourn, and thou shalt be left alone, and shalt be levelled with the ground.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ πενθήσουσιν αἱ θῆκαι τοῦ κόσμου ὑμῶν· καὶ καταλειφθήσῃ μόνη, καὶ εἰς τὴν γῆν ἐδαφισθήσῃ.