O daughter of my people, gird thyself with sackcloth: sprinkle [thyself] with ashes; make for thyself pitiable lamentation, [as] the mourning for a beloved [son]: for misery will come suddenly upon you.
WEB
Jeremiah 6:26
Daughter of my people, clothe yourself with sackcloth, and wallow in ashes! Mourn, as for an only son, most bitter lamentation, for the destroyer will suddenly come on us.
Parallel Translations
O daughter of my people, gird yourself with sackcloth: sprinkle [yourself] with ashes; make for yourself pitiable lamentation, [as] the mourning for a beloved [son]: for misery will come suddenly upon you.
O daughter of my people, gird thee with sackcloth, and wallow thyself in ashes: make thee mourning, as for an only son, most bitter lamentation: for the spoiler shall suddenly come upon us.
Cross References
Zechariah 12:10Jeremiah 4:8Jeremiah 6:14Lamentations 2:11Lamentations 1:16Ezekiel 7:16–18Jeremiah 25:33–34Lamentations 1:2Jeremiah 13:17James 5:1Isaiah 32:11Jeremiah 15:8Jeremiah 14:17Lamentations 4:3Jeremiah 8:21–9:1
Cross references via openbible.info (CC-BY)