3:26 Her gates will mourn and lament;
deprived of her people, she will sit on the ground. 1
12:5 Sing to the Lord, for he has done magnificent things,
let this be known 2 throughout the earth!
1 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.
2 tc The translation follows the marginal reading (Qere), which is a Hophal participle from יָדַע (yada’), understood here in a gerundive sense.