Isaiah 3:26

3:26 Her gates will mourn and lament;

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

Isaiah 34:9

34:9 Edom’s ²  streams will be turned into pitch

and her soil into brimstone;

her land will become burning pitch.

[3:26]  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.

[34:9]  ² tn Heb “her”; the referent (Edom) has been specified in the translation for clarity.