Jeremiæ 2:10

Nova Vulgata

IOD. Sederunt in terra, conticuerunt senes filiae Sion, consperserunt cinere capita sua, accincti sunt ciliciis; abiecerunt in terram capita sua virgines Ierusalem.

Parallel Translations

Clementine Latin Vulgate (1592)
Transite ad insulas Cethim, et videte : et in Cedar mittite, et considerate vehementer : et videte si factum est hujuscemodi :

Jerome's Latin Vulgate (405)
Sederunt in terra, conticuerunt
senes filiæ Sion;
consperserunt cinere capita sua,
accincti sunt ciliciis:
abjecerunt in terram capita sua
virgines Jerusalem.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

elders: Lamentations 4:5, Lamentations 4:16, Lamentations 5:12, Lamentations 5:14, Job 2:13, Isaiah 3:26, Isaiah 47:1, Isaiah 47:5

sit: Sitting on the ground was a posture of mourning and deep distress. Hence the coin struck by Vespasian, on the capture of Jerusalem, has on the obverse side a palm tree, the emblem of Judea, and under it a woman, the emblem of Jerusalem, sitting down, with her elbow on her knee, and her head supported by her hand, with the legend Judea capta. Lamentations 1:1

and keep: Lamentations 3:28, Jeremiah 8:14, Amos 5:13, Amos 8:3

cast up: Joshua 7:6, 2 Samuel 13:19, Job 2:12, Revelation 18:19

they have girded: Isaiah 15:3, Isaiah 36:22, Ezekiel 7:18, Ezekiel 27:31, Joel 1:8

the virgins: Lamentations 1:4, Amos 8:13

Reciprocal: Psalms 137:1 - the rivers Isaiah 3:24 - a girding Jeremiah 13:18 - sit Lamentations 1:8 - she sigheth Ezekiel 26:16 - sit Ezekiel 27:30 - cast Revelation 11:3 - clothed

Gill's Notes on the Bible

The elders of the daughter of Zion sit on the ground, [and] keep silence,.... Who used to sit in the gate on thrones of judgment, and passed sentence in causes tried before them; or were wont to give advice and counsel, and were regarded as oracles, now sit on the ground, and dumb, as mourners; see Job 2:13;

they have cast up dust upon their heads; on their white hairs and gray locks, which bespoke wisdom, and made them grave and venerable:

they have girded themselves with sackcloth: after the manner of mourners; who used to be clothed in scarlet and rich apparel, in robes suitable to their office as civil magistrates:

the virgins of Jerusalem hang down their heads to the ground: through shame and sorrow; who used to look brisk and gay, and walk with outstretched necks, and carried their heads high, but now low enough. Aben Ezra interprets it of the hair of their heads, which used to be tied up, but now loosed and dishevelled, and hung down as it were to the ground.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 10. Sit upon the ground — Lamentations 1:1.

Keep silence — No words can express their sorrows: small griefs are eloquent, great ones dumb.