“And they cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and wailing, saying, Alas, alas, that great city, wherein were made rich all that had ships in the sea by reason of her costliness! for in one hour is she made desolate.”
They will throw dust on their heads, and with weeping and mourning cry out: 'Woe! Woe to the great city, where all who had ships on the sea became rich through her wealth! In one hour she has been brought to ruin!' - the gesture of throwing dust on the head (a sign of grief and humiliation) accompanies their lament. The ship-owners, who imagined their wealth secure through Babylon, watch it vanish in one hour.
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