⁴ So David and his men wept^(A) aloud until they had no strength left to weep.

³⁹ When Moses reported this^(A) to all the Israelites, they mourned^(B) bitterly.

The People Rebel

14 That night all the members of the community raised their voices and wept aloud.^(A)

³³ He recognized it and said, “It is my son’s robe! Some ferocious animal^(A) has devoured him. Joseph has surely been torn to pieces.”^(B)

³⁴ Then Jacob tore his clothes,^(C) put on sackcloth^(D) and mourned for his son many days.^{(E) 35} All his sons and daughters came to comfort him,^(F) but he refused to be comforted.^(G) “No,” he said, “I will continue to mourn until I join my son^(H) in the grave.^(I)” So his father wept for him.

The People’s Confession of Sin

10 While Ezra was praying and confessing,^(A) weeping^(B) and throwing himself down before the house of God, a large crowd of Israelites—men, women and children—gathered around him. They too wept bitterly.

⁴ When the messengers came to Gibeah^(A) of Saul and reported these terms to the people, they all wept^(B) aloud.

¹³ When he arrived, there was Eli^(A) sitting on his chair by the side of the road, watching, because his heart feared for the ark of God. When the man entered the town and told what had happened, the whole town sent up a cry.

² The people went to Bethel,^[a] where they sat before God until evening, raising their voices and weeping bitterly.

⁴ When the angel of the Lord had spoken these things to all the Israelites, the people wept aloud,^(A)