2 Kings 19:1
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Isaiah Reassures Hezekiah
19 (A)As soon as King Hezekiah heard it, (B)he tore his clothes and (C)covered himself with sackcloth and went into the house of the Lord.
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2 Kings 18:37
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37 Then (A)Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who was over the household, and Shebna the secretary, and Joah the son of Asaph, the recorder, came to Hezekiah (B)with their clothes torn and told him the words of the Rabshakeh.
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1 Kings 21:27
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27 And when Ahab heard those words, he (A)tore his clothes and (B)put sackcloth on his flesh and (C)fasted and lay in sackcloth and went about dejectedly.
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Isaiah 37:1-7
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Hezekiah Seeks Isaiah's Help
37 (A)As soon as King Hezekiah heard it, he tore his clothes and covered himself with sackcloth and went into the house of the Lord. 2 And he sent Eliakim, who was over the household, and Shebna the secretary, and the senior priests, covered with sackcloth, to the prophet (B)Isaiah the son of Amoz. 3 They said to him, “Thus says Hezekiah, ‘This day is a (C)day of distress, of rebuke, and of disgrace; (D)children have come to the point of birth, and there is no strength to bring them forth. 4 (E)It may be that the Lord your God will hear the words of the Rabshakeh, whom his master the king of Assyria has sent to mock the living God, and will rebuke the words that the Lord your God has heard; therefore lift up your prayer for (F)the remnant that is left.’”
5 When the servants of King Hezekiah came to Isaiah, 6 Isaiah said to them, “Say to your master, ‘Thus says the Lord: Do not be afraid because of the words that you have heard, with which the young men of the king of Assyria have reviled me. 7 Behold, (G)I will put a spirit in him, so that (H)he shall hear a rumor and return to his own land, and (I)I will make him fall by the sword in his own land.’”
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2 Chronicles 32:20-22
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The Lord Delivers Jerusalem
20 Then Hezekiah the king and Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, prayed because of this and cried to heaven. 21 And the Lord sent an angel, who cut off all the mighty warriors and commanders and officers in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he returned with (A)shame of face to his own land. And when he came into the house of his god, some of his own sons struck him down there with the sword. 22 So the Lord saved Hezekiah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem from the hand of Sennacherib king of Assyria and from the hand of all his enemies, and he provided for them on every side.
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Genesis 37:34
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34 Then Jacob tore his garments and put sackcloth on his loins and mourned for his son many days.
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Matthew 11:21
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21 (A)“Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the mighty works done in you had been done in (B)Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.
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Jonah 3:8
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8 but let man and (A)beast be covered with sackcloth, and let them call out mightily to God. (B)Let everyone turn from his evil way and from (C)the violence that is in his hands.
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Jeremiah 36:24
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24 Yet (A)neither the king nor any of his servants who heard all these words was afraid, (B)nor did they tear their garments.
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Psalm 35:13
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13 But I, (A)when they were sick—
I (B)wore sackcloth;
I (C)afflicted myself with fasting;
I prayed (D)with head bowed[a] on my chest.
Footnotes
- Psalm 35:13 Or my prayer shall turn back
Job 1:20-21
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Esther 4:1-4
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Esther Agrees to Help the Jews
4 When Mordecai learned all that had been done, Mordecai tore his clothes (A)and put on sackcloth and ashes, and went out into the midst of the city, and he cried out with a loud and bitter cry. 2 He went up to the entrance of the king's gate, for no one was allowed to enter the king's gate clothed in sackcloth. 3 And in every province, wherever the king's command and his decree reached, there was great mourning among the Jews, (B)with fasting and weeping and lamenting, and many of them (C)lay in sackcloth and ashes.
4 When Esther's young women and her eunuchs came and told her, the queen was deeply distressed. She sent garments to clothe Mordecai, so that he might take off his sackcloth, but he would not accept them.
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Ezra 9:3
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3 As soon as I heard this, I (A)tore my garment and my cloak and pulled hair from my head and beard and (B)sat appalled.
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2 Chronicles 7:15-16
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15 (A)Now my eyes will be open and my ears attentive to the prayer that is made in this place. 16 (B)For now I have chosen and consecrated this house that my name may be there forever. My eyes and my heart will be there for all time.
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2 Kings 6:30
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30 When the king heard the words of the woman, (A)he tore his clothes—now he was passing by on the wall—and the people looked, and behold, (B)he had sackcloth beneath on his body—
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2 Kings 5:7
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7 And when the king of Israel read the letter, (A)he tore his clothes and said, (B)“Am I God, to kill and to make alive, that this man sends word to me to cure a man of his leprosy? Only (C)consider, and see how he is seeking a quarrel with me.”
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1 Kings 21:29
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29 “Have you seen how Ahab has humbled himself before me? Because he has humbled himself before me, I will not bring the disaster in his days; (A)but in his son's days I will bring the disaster upon his house.”
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1 Samuel 4:12
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The Death of Eli
12 A man of Benjamin ran from the battle line and came to Shiloh the same day, (A)with his clothes torn and with dirt on his head.
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Matthew 26:65
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65 Then the high priest (A)tore his robes and said, (B)“He has uttered blasphemy. What further witnesses do we need? You have now heard his blasphemy.
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