²⁹ Now Reuben returned to the pit, and behold, Joseph was not in the pit; so he ^(A)tore his garments.

³⁴ So Jacob ^(A)tore his clothes, and put on a sackcloth undergarment over his waist, and mourned for his son many days.

¹¹ Then ^(A)David took hold of his clothes and tore them, and so also did all the men who were with him.

²⁷ Yet it came about, when Ahab heard these words, that ^(A)he tore his clothes and put ^[a]on sackcloth and fasted, and he lay in sackcloth and went about despondently.

Isaiah Encourages Hezekiah

19 ^(A)Now when King Hezekiah heard the report, he ^(B)tore his clothes, ^(C)covered himself with sackcloth, and entered the house of the Lord. ² Then he sent Eliakim, who was in charge of the household, with Shebna the scribe and the elders of the priests, ^(D)covered with sackcloth, to ^(E)Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz.

¹¹ When the king heard the words of the Book of the Law, ^(A)he tore his clothes.

^19 (A)since your heart was tender and ^(B)you humbled yourself before the Lord when you heard what I spoke against this place and against its inhabitants, that they would become ^(C)an object of horror and a ^(D)curse, and you have ^(E)torn your clothes and wept before Me, I have indeed heard you,’ declares the Lord.”

²² Then ^(A)Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who was over the household, and ^(B)Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph, the secretary, came to Hezekiah with their clothes torn, and reported to him the words of Rabshakeh.

Hezekiah Seeks Isaiah’s Help

37 Now ^(C)when King Hezekiah heard the report, he tore his clothes, covered himself with sackcloth, and entered the house of the Lord.

⁶ When the word reached the king of Nineveh, he got up from his throne, removed his robe from himself, ^(A)covered himself with sackcloth, and sat on the ^[a]dust.