11 Then David took hold of his clothes and tore them,(A) and all the men with him did the same. 12 They mourned, wept, and fasted until the evening(B) for those who died by the sword—for Saul, his son Jonathan, the Lord’s people, and the house of Israel.

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31 In response the king stood up, tore his clothes, and lay down on the ground, and all his servants stood by with their clothes torn.(A)

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So Joab sent someone to Tekoa(A) to bring a clever(B) woman from there. He told her, “Pretend to be in mourning: dress in mourning clothes and don’t put on any oil.(C) Act like a woman who has been mourning for the dead for a long time.

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24 Instead of perfume there will be a stench;
instead of a belt, a rope;
instead of beautifully styled hair,(A) baldness;(B)
instead of fine clothes, sackcloth;(C)
instead of beauty, branding.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 3:24 DSS read shame

12 On that day the Lord God of Hosts
called for weeping,(A) for wailing, for shaven heads,
and for the wearing of sackcloth.

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29 Cut off the hair of your sacred vow[a](A) and throw it away. Raise up a dirge on the barren heights,(B) for the Lord has rejected and abandoned the generation under His wrath.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 7:29 Lit off your consecration

18 They will put on sackcloth,
and horror will overwhelm them.
Shame will cover all their faces,
and all their heads will be bald.(A)

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Grieve like a young woman dressed in sackcloth,(A)
mourning for the husband of her youth.

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