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Esther 4:3
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Esther 4:3
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3 And in every province where the king’s command and decree arrived, there was great mourning among the Jews, with fasting, weeping, and wailing; and many 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 And in that day the Lord God of hosts
(A)Called for weeping and for mourning,
(B)For baldness and for girding with 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 (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)
Isaiah 58:5
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Isaiah 58:5
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5 Is (A)it a fast that I have chosen,
(B)A day for a man to afflict his soul?
Is it to bow down his head like a bulrush,
And (C)to spread out sackcloth and ashes?
Would you call this a fast,
And an acceptable day 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)I will weep bitterly;
Do not labor to comfort me
Because of the plundering 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 cast the unprofitable servant (A)into the outer darkness. (B)There will be weeping and (C)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 servants, ‘Bind him hand and foot, [a]take him away, and cast him (A)into outer darkness; there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’
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- Matthew 22:13 NU omits take him away, and
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 will cast them into the furnace of fire. (B)There will be wailing 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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Isaiah Assures Deliverance(A)
37 And (B)so it was, when King Hezekiah heard it, that he tore his clothes, covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of the Lord. 2 Then he sent Eliakim, who was over the household, Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests, covered with sackcloth, to Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz. 3 And they said to him, “Thus says Hezekiah: ‘This day is a day of (C)trouble and rebuke and [a]blasphemy; for the children have come to birth, but there is no strength to bring them forth.
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- Isaiah 37:3 contempt
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 who are present in [a]Shushan, and fast for me; neither eat nor drink for (A)three days, night or day. My maids and I will fast likewise. And so I will go to the king, which is against the law; (B)and if I perish, I perish!”
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- Esther 4:16 Or Susa
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 called on the thirteenth day of the first month, and a decree was written according to all that Haman commanded—to the king’s satraps, to the governors who were over each province, to the officials of all people, to every province (B)according to its script, and to every people in their language. (C)In the name of King Ahasuerus it was written, 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 Dethrones Queen Vashti
1 Now it came to pass in the days of (A)Ahasuerus[a] (this was the Ahasuerus who reigned (B)over one hundred and twenty-seven provinces, (C)from India to Ethiopia),
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- Esther 1:1 Generally identified with Xerxes I (485–464 b.c.)
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 So the messengers came (A)to Gibeah of Saul and told the news in the hearing of the people. And (B)all the people lifted up their voices and wept.
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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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