Jeremiah 6:26
New American Standard Bible
26 Daughter of my people, (A)put on sackcloth
And (B)roll in ashes;
[a](C)Mourn as for an only son,
A most bitter mourning.
For suddenly the destroyer
Will come against us.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 6:26 Lit Make for yourself mourning
Jeremiah 6:26
King James Version
26 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 spoiler shall suddenly come upon us.
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Amos 8:10
New American Standard Bible
10 Then I will (A)turn your festivals into mourning,
And all your songs into songs of mourning;
And I will put (B)sackcloth around everyone’s waist,
And [a]baldness on every head.
And I will make it (C)like a time of mourning for an only son,
And the end of it will be like a bitter day.
Footnotes
- Amos 8:10 I.e., shaved as a sign of mourning
Amos 8:10
King James Version
10 And I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; and I will bring up sackcloth upon all loins, and baldness upon every head; and I will make it as the mourning of an only son, and the end thereof as a bitter day.
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