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Esther 4:3
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Esther 4:3
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3 And as news of the king’s decree reached all the provinces, there was great mourning among the Jews. They fasted, wept, and wailed, and many people lay in burlap 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 At that time the Lord, the Lord of Heaven’s Armies,
called you to weep and mourn.
He told you to shave your heads in sorrow for your sins
and to wear clothes of burlap to show your remorse.
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 So I turned to the Lord God and pleaded with him in prayer and fasting. I also wore rough burlap and sprinkled myself with 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 You humble yourselves
by going through the motions of penance,
bowing your heads
like reeds bending in the wind.
You dress in burlap
and cover yourselves with ashes.
Is this what you call fasting?
Do you really think this will please 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 That’s why I said, “Leave me alone to weep;
do not try to comfort me.
Let me cry for my people
as I watch them being destroyed.”
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 Now throw this useless servant into outer darkness, where 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 his aides, ‘Bind his hands and feet and throw him into the outer darkness, where 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 And the angels will throw them into the fiery furnace, where 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 the Lord’s Help
37 When King Hezekiah heard their report, he tore his clothes and put on burlap and went into the Temple of the Lord. 2 And he sent Eliakim the palace administrator, Shebna the court secretary, and the leading priests, all dressed in burlap, to the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz. 3 They told him, “This is what King Hezekiah says: Today is a day of trouble, insults, and disgrace. It is like when a child is ready to be born, but the mother has no strength to deliver the baby.
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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 and gather together all the Jews of Susa and fast for me. Do not eat or drink for three days, night or day. My maids and I will do the same. And then, though it is against the law, I will go in to see the king. If I must die, I must die.”
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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 So on April 17[a] the king’s secretaries were summoned, and a decree was written exactly as Haman dictated. It was sent to the king’s highest officers, the governors of the respective provinces, and the nobles of each province in their own scripts and languages. The decree was written in the name of King Xerxes 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 Banquet
1 These events happened in the days of King Xerxes,[a] who reigned over 127 provinces stretching from India to Ethiopia.[b]
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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)
Footnotes
- 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 Gibeah of Saul and told the people about their plight, everyone broke into tears.
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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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