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Esther 4:3
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Esther 4:3
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3 And in every province, wherever the king's command and his decree reached, there was great mourning among the Jews, (A)with fasting and weeping and lamenting, and many of them (B)lay in sackcloth and ashes.
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Esther 4:3
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Esther 4:3
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3 In every province to which the edict and order of the king came, there was great mourning among the Jews, with fasting, weeping and wailing. Many lay in sackcloth and ashes.
Isaiah 22:12
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Isaiah 22:12
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12 In that day (A)the Lord God of hosts
called for weeping and mourning,
for (B)baldness and (C)wearing sackcloth;
Isaiah 22:12
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Isaiah 22:12
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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)
Isaiah 58:5
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Isaiah 58:5
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5 (A)Is such the fast that I choose,
(B)a day for a person to humble himself?
Is it to bow down his head like a reed,
and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him?
Will you call this a fast,
and a day acceptable to the Lord?
Isaiah 58:5
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Isaiah 58:5
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Isaiah 22:4
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Isaiah 22:4
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4 Therefore I said:
“Look away from me;
(A)let me weep bitter tears;
do not labor to comfort me
concerning the destruction of the daughter of my people.”
Isaiah 22:4
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Isaiah 22:4
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Matthew 25:30
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Matthew 25:30
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30 And (A)cast (B)the worthless servant into the outer darkness. In that place (C)there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’
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Matthew 25:30
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Matthew 25:30
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30 And throw that worthless servant outside, into the darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’(A)
Matthew 22:13
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Matthew 22:13
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13 Then the king said to the attendants, ‘Bind him hand and foot and (A)cast him into the outer darkness. In that place (B)there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’
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Matthew 22:13
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Matthew 22:13
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13 “Then the king told the attendants, ‘Tie him hand and foot, and throw him outside, into the darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’(A)
Matthew 13:42
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Matthew 13:42
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42 (A)and throw them into the fiery furnace. In that place (B)there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
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Matthew 13:42
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Matthew 13:42
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42 They will throw them into the blazing furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.(A)
Isaiah 37:1-3
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Isaiah 37:1-3
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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.
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Isaiah 37:1-3
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Isaiah 37:1-3
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Jerusalem’s Deliverance Foretold(A)
37 When King Hezekiah heard this, he tore his clothes(B) and put on sackcloth(C) and went into the temple(D) of the Lord. 2 He sent Eliakim(E) the palace administrator, Shebna(F) the secretary, and the leading priests, all wearing sackcloth, to the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz.(G) 3 They told him, “This is what Hezekiah says: This day is a day of distress(H) and rebuke and disgrace, as when children come to the moment of birth(I) and there is no strength to deliver them.
Esther 4:16
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Esther 4:16
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16 “Go, gather all the Jews to be found in Susa, and hold a fast on my behalf, and do not eat or drink for (A)three days, night or day. I and my young women will also fast as you do. Then I will go to the king, though it is against the law, (B)and if I perish, I perish.”[a]
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- Esther 4:16 Hebrew if I am destroyed, then I will be destroyed
Esther 4:16
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Esther 4:16
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16 “Go, gather together all the Jews who are in Susa, and fast(A) for me. Do not eat or drink for three days, night or day. I and my attendants will fast as you do. When this is done, I will go to the king, even though it is against the law. And if I perish, I perish.”(B)
Esther 3:12
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Esther 3:12
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12 (A)Then the king's scribes were summoned on the thirteenth day of the first month, and an edict, according to all that Haman commanded, was written to the king's (B)satraps and to the governors over all the provinces and to the officials of all the peoples, (C)to every province in its own script and every people in its own language. It was written (D)in the name of King Ahasuerus (E)and sealed with the king's signet ring.
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Esther 3:12
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Esther 3:12
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12 Then on the thirteenth day of the first month the royal secretaries were summoned. They wrote out in the script of each province and in the language(A) of each people all Haman’s orders to the king’s satraps, the governors of the various provinces and the nobles of the various peoples. These were written in the name of King Xerxes himself and sealed(B) with his own ring.
Esther 1:1
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Esther 1:1
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The King's Banquets
1 Now in the days of Ahasuerus, the Ahasuerus who reigned (A)from India to Ethiopia over (B)127 provinces,
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Esther 1:1
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Esther 1:1
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Queen Vashti Deposed
1 This is what happened during the time of Xerxes,[a](A) the Xerxes who ruled over 127 provinces(B) stretching from India to Cush[b]:(C)
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- Esther 1:1 Hebrew Ahasuerus; here and throughout Esther
- Esther 1:1 That is, the upper Nile region
1 Samuel 11:4
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1 Samuel 11:4
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4 When the messengers came to (A)Gibeah of Saul, they reported the matter in the ears of the people, (B)and all the people wept aloud.
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1 Samuel 11:4
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1 Samuel 11:4
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4 When the messengers came to Gibeah(A) of Saul and reported these terms to the people, they all wept(B) aloud.
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