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.
Wailing - `mourning.'
That had ships. A B 'Aleph (') C read, 'that had their ships; literally, 'the ships.'
Costliness - costly treasures: abstract for concrete. Costliness - costly treasures: abstract for concrete.