(A)Be silent, you inhabitants of the coastland,
You merchants of Sidon;
[a]Your messengers crossed the sea

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 23:2 As in DSS; MT Who passed over the sea, they replenished you

14 Why are we sitting still?
(A)Assemble yourselves, and let’s (B)go into the fortified cities
And perish there,
For the Lord our God has doomed us
And given us (C)poisoned water to drink,
Because (D)we have sinned against the Lord.

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10 The elders of the daughter of Zion
(A)Sit on the ground and [a](B)are silent.
They have thrown (C)dust on their heads;
They have put on (D)sackcloth.
The (E)virgins of Jerusalem
Have bowed their heads to the ground.

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Footnotes

  1. Lamentations 2:10 Another reading is wail

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