Isaiah 3:26
And her gates shall lament and mourn; and she being desolate shall sit upon the ground.
Cross-references
In Isaiah 4:1, seven women take hold of one man — the aftermath of the judgment described, showing extreme scarcity of men.
Isaiah 6:11 expands on the duration of desolation — until cities are wasted and land utterly desolate, echoing the same judgment scene.
Isaiah 49:21 contrasts the desolation — here the same city marvels at children after being desolate and captive, a reversal.
Isaiah 52:2 reverses the image — instead of sitting desolate, Jerusalem is told to arise from dust and loose captivity.
In Isaiah 47:1, Babylon is told to sit in the dust — same humiliation imagery applied to a different nation.
Isaiah 24:4 uses the same mourning language but on a global scale — earth languishes, paralleling the city's desolation.
In Jeremiah 14:2, gates languish and people lament on the ground — identical imagery of mourning judgment.
In Lamentations 1:4, gates are desolate and roads mourn — same portrayal of Jerusalem's desolation.
In Lamentations 2:10, elders sit on the ground in silence with dust on heads — direct parallel to Zion's mourning posture.
Jeremiah 7:34 adds detail — the voice of mirth ceases and the land becomes desolate, matching the mourning gates.
Lamentations 1:1 directly echoes the image — the city sits solitary and widowed, matching the desolate sitting.
Lamentations 2:8 has the walls lamenting and languishing, paralleling the gates mourning.
Jeremiah 13:18 commands the king and queen to sit down in humility, paralleling the desolate sitting of Jerusalem.
Ezekiel 12:20 echoes the same desolation—cities laid waste and land desolate after judgment, mirroring Jerusalem's lament.