19 The women, girded with sackcloth under their breasts, thronged the streets. The virgins who were kept indoors ran together, some to the gates, others to the walls, and some looked out through the windows. (WEB)
2 Maccabees 3:19
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3 Maccabees 1:17–19
17 then those who had been left behind in the city were scared, and rushed out, uncertain of the event. (WEB) 18 Virgins, who had been shut up within their chambers, came out with their mothers, scattering dust and ashes on their heads, and filling the streets with outcri… (WEB)
Isaiah 15:2–4
2 Dibon goes up to its temple to weep at its high places. Moab wails over Nebo, as well as over Medeba. Every head is shaved, every beard is cut off. 3 In its streets they wear sackcloth; on the rooftops and in the public squares they all wail, falling down weepin…
Lamentations 2:9–11
9 Her gates have sunk into the ground; He has destroyed and shattered their bars. Her king and her princes are exiled among the nations, the law is no more, and even her prophets find no vision from the LORD. 10 The elders of the Daughter of Zion sit on the ground… 11 …
Judith 7:21–23
21 The cisterns were emptied, and they had no water to drink their fill for one day; for they rationed drink by measure. (WEB) 22 Their young children were discouraged. The women and the young men fainted for thirst. They fell down in the streets of the city, and in the p… (WEB)
1 Maccabees 1:25–27
25 Great mourning came upon Israel, in every place where they were. (WEB) 26 The rulers and elders groaned. The virgins and young men were made feeble. The beauty of the women was changed. (WEB) 27 Every bridegroom took up lamentation. She who sat in the marriage chamber was mourni… (WEB)
Proverbs 9:2–4
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2 Esdras 16:32–34
32 The earth will be left desolate, and its fields will be for briers, and its roads and all her paths will grow thorns, because no sheep will pass along them. (WEB) 33 The virgins will mourn, having no bridegrooms. The women will mourn, having no husbands. Their daughter… (WEB)
1 Maccabees 14:8–10
8 They tilled their land in peace, and the land gave her increase, and the trees of the plains gave their fruit. (WEB) 9 The old men sat in the streets; they all conversed together about good things. The young men put on glorious and warlike apparel. (WEB) 10 He provided food for… (WEB)
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