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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 happened, [a]he (A)tore his clothes and put on sackcloth (B)and ashes, and went out into the midst of the city. He (C)cried out with a loud and bitter cry.
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- Esther 4:1 Lit. Mordecai
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 (A)Then I set my face toward the Lord God to make request by prayer and supplications, with fasting, 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 They will make their voice heard because of you;
They will cry bitterly and (A)cast dust on their heads;
They (B)will roll about in ashes;
31 They will (C)shave themselves completely bald because of you,
Gird themselves with sackcloth,
And weep for you
With bitterness of heart and bitter wailing.
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 despise
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 Then Tamar put (A)ashes on her head, and tore her robe of many colors that was on her, and (B)laid her hand on her head and went away crying bitterly.
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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 Therefore David took hold of his own 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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17 (A)For in one hour such great riches [a]came to nothing.’ (B)Every shipmaster, all who travel by ship, sailors, and as many as trade on the sea, stood at a distance 18 (C)and cried out when they saw the smoke of her burning, saying, (D)‘What is like this great city?’
19 (E)“They threw dust on their heads and cried out, weeping and wailing, and saying, ‘Alas, alas, that great city, in which all who had ships on the sea became rich by her wealth! (F)For in one hour she [b]is made desolate.’
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- Revelation 18:17 have been laid waste
- Revelation 18:19 have been laid waste
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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 for himself a potsherd with which to scrape himself (A)while he sat in the midst of 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 this, (A)they tore their clothes and ran in among the multitude, 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 “Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the mighty works which were done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago (A)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;
It is near and hastens quickly.
The noise of the day of the Lord is bitter;
There the mighty men shall cry out.
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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Mourning for Israel and Judah
8 Therefore I will wail and howl,
I will go stripped and naked;
(A)I will make a wailing like the jackals
And a mourning 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 And Jonah began to enter the city on the first day’s walk. Then (A)he cried out and said, “Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown!”
The People of Nineveh Believe
5 So the (B)people of Nineveh believed God, proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest to the least of them. 6 Then word came to the king of Nineveh; and he arose from his throne and laid aside his robe, covered himself with sackcloth (C)and sat in ashes. 7 (D)And he caused it to be proclaimed and published throughout Nineveh by the decree of the king and his [a]nobles, saying,
Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste anything; do not let them eat, or drink water. 8 But let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and cry mightily to God; yes, (E)let every one turn from his evil way and from (F)the violence that is in his hands. 9 (G)Who can tell if God will turn and relent, and turn away from His fierce anger, so that we may not perish?
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- Jonah 3:7 Lit. great ones
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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