SinaiJeremiah 6:26
American Standard Version
O daughter of my people, gird thee with sackcloth, and wallow thyself in ashes: make thee mourning, as for an only son, most bitter lamentation; for the destroyer shall suddenly come upon us.
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Jeremiah 6:26 in other translations
Daughter of my people, clothe yourself with sackcloth, and wallow in ashes! Mourn, as for an only son, most bitter lamentation, for the destroyer will suddenly come on us.
Jeremiah 6:26 in context
- 24We have heard the report thereof; our hands wax feeble: anguish hath taken hold of us, and pangs as of a woman in travail.
- 25Go not forth into the field, nor walk by the way; for the sword of the enemy, and terror, are on every side.
- 26O daughter of my people, gird thee with sackcloth, and wallow thyself in ashes: make thee mourning, as for an only son, most bitter lamentation; for the destroyer shall suddenly come upon us.
- 27I have made thee a trier and a fortress among my people; that thou mayest know and try their way.
- 28They are all grievous revolters, going about with slanders; they are brass and iron: they all of them deal corruptly.