Job 2:12
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12 When they saw him from a distance, they did not recognize him, and they raised their voices and wept aloud; they tore their robes and threw dust in the air upon their heads.(A)
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Ezekiel 27:30
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30 and wail aloud over you
and cry bitterly.
They throw dust on their heads
and wallow in ashes;(A)
Lamentations 2:10
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10 The elders of daughter Zion
sit on the ground in silence;
they have thrown dust on their heads;
they put on sackcloth;
the young women of Jerusalem
have bowed their heads to the ground.(A)
Nehemiah 9:1
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National Confession
9 Now on the twenty-fourth day of this month the Israelites were assembled with fasting and in sackcloth and with earth on their heads.[a](A)
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- 9.1 Heb on them
Job 1:20
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20 Then Job arose, tore his robe, shaved his head, and fell on the ground and worshiped.(A)
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Joshua 7:6
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6 Then Joshua tore his clothes and fell to the ground on his face before the ark of the Lord until the evening, he and the elders of Israel, and they put dust on their heads.(A)
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Revelation 18:19
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19 And they threw dust on their heads as they wept and mourned, crying out,
“Alas, alas, the great city,
where all who had ships at sea
grew rich by her wealth!
For in one hour she has been laid waste.”(A)
Lamentations 4:7-8
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7 Her princes were purer than snow,
whiter than milk;
their bodies were more ruddy than coral,
their form cut like sapphire.[a](A)
8 Now their visage is blacker than soot;
they are not recognized in the streets.
Their skin has shriveled on their bones;
it has become as dry as wood.(B)
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- 4.7 Or lapis lazuli
Job 19:14
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14 My relatives and my close friends have failed me;
Esther 4:1
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4 When Mordecai learned all that had been done, Mordecai tore his clothes and put on sackcloth and ashes and went through the city, wailing with a loud and bitter cry;(A)
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2 Samuel 13:36
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36 As soon as he had finished speaking, the king’s sons arrived and raised their voices and wept, and the king and all his servants also wept very bitterly.
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1 Samuel 30:4
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4 Then David and the people who were with him raised their voices and wept until they had no more strength to weep.
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1 Samuel 11:4
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4 When the messengers came to Gibeah of Saul, they reported the matter in the hearing of the people, and all the people wept aloud.(A)
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Ruth 1:19-21
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19 So the two of them went on until they came to Bethlehem. When they came to Bethlehem, the whole town was stirred because of them, and the women said, “Is this Naomi?” 20 She said to them,
“Call me no longer Naomi;[a]
call me Mara,[b]
for the Almighty[c] has dealt bitterly with me.(A)
21 I went away full,
but the Lord has brought me back empty;
why call me Naomi
when the Lord has dealt harshly with[d] me
and the Almighty[e] has brought calamity upon me?”(B)
Judges 2:4
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4 When the angel of the Lord spoke these words to all the Israelites, the people lifted up their voices and wept.
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Genesis 27:34
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34 When Esau heard his father’s words, he cried out with an exceedingly great and bitter cry and said to his father, “Bless me, me also, father!”(A)
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