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Esther 4:1
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Esther 4:1
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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.
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Esther 4:1
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Esther 4:1
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Mordecai Persuades Esther to Help
4 When Mordecai learned of all that had been done, he tore his clothes,(A) put on sackcloth and ashes,(B) and went out into the city, wailing(C) loudly and bitterly.
Daniel 9:3
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Daniel 9:3
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3 Then I turned my face to the Lord God, seeking him by (A)prayer and pleas for mercy with fasting and sackcloth and ashes.
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Daniel 9:3
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Daniel 9:3
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3 So I turned to the Lord God and pleaded with him in prayer and petition, in fasting,(A) and in sackcloth and ashes.(B)
Ezekiel 27:30-31
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Ezekiel 27:30-31
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30 (A)and shout aloud over you
and cry out bitterly.
(B)They cast dust on their heads
(C)and wallow in ashes;
31 they (D)make themselves bald for you
and put sackcloth on their waist,
and they weep over you in bitterness of soul,
with bitter mourning.
Ezekiel 27:30-31
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Ezekiel 27:30-31
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Job 42:6
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Job 42:6
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- Job 42:6 Or and am comforted
Job 42:6
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Job 42:6
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2 Samuel 13:19
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2 Samuel 13:19
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19 And Tamar (A)put ashes on her head and (B)tore the long robe that she wore. And (C)she laid her hand on her head and went away, crying aloud as she went.
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2 Samuel 13:19
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2 Samuel 13:19
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19 Tamar put ashes(A) on her head and tore the ornate robe she was wearing. She put her hands on her head and went away, weeping aloud as she went.
2 Samuel 1:11
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2 Samuel 1:11
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11 Then David took hold of his clothes and (A)tore them, and so did all the men who were with him.
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2 Samuel 1:11
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2 Samuel 1:11
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11 Then David and all the men with him took hold of their clothes and tore(A) them.
Revelation 18:17-19
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Revelation 18:17-19
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And (C)all shipmasters and seafaring men, sailors and all whose trade is on the sea, stood far off 18 and (D)cried out (E)as they saw the smoke of her burning,
(F)“What city was like the great city?”
19 And they threw (G)dust on their heads as they wept and mourned, crying out,
“Alas, alas, for the great city
(H)where all who had ships at sea
grew rich by her wealth!
For (I)in a single hour she has been laid waste.
Revelation 18:17-19
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Revelation 18:17-19
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“Every sea captain, and all who travel by ship, the sailors, and all who earn their living from the sea,(C) will stand far off.(D) 18 When they see the smoke of her burning,(E) they will exclaim, ‘Was there ever a city like this great city(F)?’(G) 19 They will throw dust on their heads,(H) and with weeping and mourning(I) cry out:
Job 2:8
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Job 2:8
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8 And he took (A)a piece of broken pottery with which to scrape himself while he sat in (B)the ashes.
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Job 2:8
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Job 2:8
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8 Then Job took a piece of broken pottery and scraped himself with it as he sat among the ashes.(A)
Acts 14:14
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Acts 14:14
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14 But when the apostles Barnabas and Paul heard of it, they (A)tore their garments and rushed out into the crowd, crying out,
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Acts 14:14
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Acts 14:14
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14 But when the apostles Barnabas and Paul heard of this, they tore their clothes(A) and rushed out into the crowd, shouting:
Matthew 11:21
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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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Matthew 11:21
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Matthew 11:21
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21 “Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida!(A) For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Tyre and Sidon,(B) they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.(C)
Zephaniah 1:14
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Zephaniah 1:14
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14 (A)The great day of the Lord is near,
near and hastening fast;
the sound of the day of the Lord is bitter;
(B)the mighty man cries aloud there.
Zephaniah 1:14
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Zephaniah 1:14
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Micah 1:8
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Micah 1:8
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8 (A)For this I will lament and wail;
I will go (B)stripped and naked;
I will make lamentation (C)like the jackals,
and mourning (D)like the ostriches.
Micah 1:8
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Micah 1:8
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Weeping and Mourning
Jonah 3:4-9
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Jonah 3:4-9
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4 Jonah began to go into the city, going a day's journey. And he called out, “Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown!” 5 (A)And the people of Nineveh believed God. (B)They called for a fast and (C)put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them to the least of them.
The People of Nineveh Repent
6 The word reached[a] the king of Nineveh, and (D)he arose from his throne, removed his robe, covered himself with sackcloth, (E)and sat in ashes. 7 And he issued a proclamation and published through Nineveh, (F)“By the decree of the king and his nobles: Let neither man nor (G)beast, herd nor flock, taste anything. Let them not feed or drink water, 8 but let man and (H)beast be covered with sackcloth, and let them call out mightily to God. (I)Let everyone turn from his evil way and from (J)the violence that is in his hands. 9 (K)Who knows? God may turn and relent (L)and turn from his fierce anger, so that we may not perish.”
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- Jonah 3:6 Or had reached
Jonah 3:4-9
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Jonah 3:4-9
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4 Jonah began by going a day’s journey into the city, proclaiming,(A) “Forty more days and Nineveh will be overthrown.” 5 The Ninevites believed God. A fast was proclaimed, and all of them, from the greatest to the least, put on sackcloth.(B)
6 When Jonah’s warning reached the king of Nineveh, he rose from his throne, took off his royal robes, covered himself with sackcloth and sat down in the dust.(C) 7 This is the proclamation he issued in Nineveh:
“By the decree of the king and his nobles:
Do not let people or animals, herds or flocks, taste anything; do not let them eat or drink.(D) 8 But let people and animals be covered with sackcloth. Let everyone call(E) urgently on God. Let them give up(F) their evil ways(G) and their violence.(H) 9 Who knows?(I) God may yet relent(J) and with compassion turn(K) from his fierce anger(L) so that we will not perish.”
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