Ezr 9:3, Lam 1:1-3 | ESV | STEP | As soon as I heard this , I tore my garment and my cloak and pulled hair from my head and beard and sat appalled .

Ezra 9:3

3 As soon as I heard this, I ^atore my garment and my cloak and pulled hair from my head and beard and ^bsat appalled.

Lamentations 1:1-3

How Lonely Sits the City

1 ^cHow lonely sits the city
that was full of people!
How like ^da widow has she become,
she who was great among the nations!
She who was ^ea princess among the provinces
has become ^fa slave.
2 ^gShe weeps bitterly in the night,
with tears on her cheeks;
^hamong all her lovers
she has ⁱnone to comfort her;
^jall her friends have dealt treacherously with her;
they have become her enemies.
3 ^kJudah has gone into exile because of affliction
and hard servitude;
^lshe dwells now among the nations,
^mbut finds no resting place;
her pursuers have all overtaken her
in the midst of her distress. ^{▼▼Or in the narrow passes}