Isaiah 3:25-26
25 Your ▼ men will fall by the sword,
your strong men will die in battle. ▼
▼tn Heb “your strength in battle.” The verb in the first clause provides the verbal idea for the second clause.
26 Her gates will mourn and lament;
deprived of her people, she will sit on the ground. ▼
▼tn Heb “she will be empty, on the ground she will sit.” Jerusalem is personified as a destitute woman who sits mourning the empty city.
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