Yesaya 3:26

3:26 Her gates will mourn and lament;

deprived of her people, she will sit on the ground. ¹ 

Yesaya 13:2

13:2 ² On a bare hill raise a signal flag,

shout to them,

wave your hand,

so they might enter the gates of the princes!

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 sn The Lord is speaking here (see v. 3).