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OET (OET-LV) they_sit to_ground they_are_silent the_elders_of the_daughter_of Tsiyyōn they_have_caused_to_rise dust on head_of_their they_have_girded_on sackcloth(s) they_have_brought_down to_ground head_of_their the_virgins_of Yərūshālam/(Jerusalem).
OET (OET-RV) They sit on the ground.
⇔ The elders of the daughter that’s Tsiyyon are silenced.
⇔ They have thrown up dust on their heads and put on sackcloth.
⇔ Yerushalem’s young women have bowed their heads to the ground.
Note 1 topic: translate-symaction
יֵשְׁב֨וּ לָאָ֤רֶץ יִדְּמוּ֙ זִקְנֵ֣י בַת־צִיּ֔וֹן הֶֽעֱל֤וּ עָפָר֙ עַל־רֹאשָׁ֔ם חָגְר֖וּ שַׂקִּ֑ים הוֹרִ֤ידוּ לָאָ֨רֶץ֙ רֹאשָׁ֔ן בְּתוּלֹ֖ת יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם
(Some words not found in UHB: sit to,ground in_silence elders_of daughter_of Tsiyyōn/(Zion) thrown dust on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in head_of,their put_on sackcloth bowed to,ground head_of,their young_women_of Yərūshālam/(Jerusalem) )
Sitting on the ground in silence, throwing up dust on their heads, and putting on sackcloth (rough goat-hair cloth) were mourning customs expressing grief too deep for words. Bowing the head to the ground was a symbolic action expressing utter humiliation and grief. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could explain the significance of these actions in the text of your translation or in a footnote. Alternate translation: [The elders of the daughter of Zion sit on the ground in silence to show that they are overwhelmed with grief. They have thrown up dust on their heads; they have put on sackcloth. The virgins of Jerusalem bowed their heads to the ground to show their utter humiliation and grief]
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / merism
יִדְּמוּ֙ זִקְנֵ֣י בַת־צִיּ֔וֹן הֶֽעֱל֤וּ עָפָר֙ עַל־רֹאשָׁ֔ם חָגְר֖וּ שַׂקִּ֑ים הוֹרִ֤ידוּ לָאָ֨רֶץ֙ רֹאשָׁ֔ן בְּתוּלֹ֖ת יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם
(Some words not found in UHB: sit to,ground in_silence elders_of daughter_of Tsiyyōn/(Zion) thrown dust on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in head_of,their put_on sackcloth bowed to,ground head_of,their young_women_of Yərūshālam/(Jerusalem) )
The writer is referring to all of the people of Jerusalem by naming two extremes, the elders (the oldest) and The virgins (the youngest women). If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression or plain language. Alternate translation: [Everyone in Jerusalem, both old and young, has silently thrown dust on their heads and put on sackcloth and bowed their heads to the ground]
OET (OET-LV) they_sit to_ground they_are_silent the_elders_of the_daughter_of Tsiyyōn they_have_caused_to_rise dust on head_of_their they_have_girded_on sackcloth(s) they_have_brought_down to_ground head_of_their the_virgins_of Yərūshālam/(Jerusalem).
OET (OET-RV) They sit on the ground.
⇔ The elders of the daughter that’s Tsiyyon are silenced.
⇔ They have thrown up dust on their heads and put on sackcloth.
⇔ Yerushalem’s young women have bowed their heads to the ground.
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The Hebrew text, lemmas, and morphology are all thanks to the OSHB and some of the glosses are from Macula Hebrew.