Esther 4:1

Esther 3 Esther 5

Esther 4:1 New International Version (NIV)

Mordecai Persuades Esther to Help

4 When Mordecai learned of all that had been done, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth and ashes, and went out into the city, wailing loudly and bitterly.

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Job 3:20

Job 2 Job 4

Job 3:20 New International Version (NIV)

²⁰“Why is light given to those in misery,
and life to the bitter of soul,

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Isaiah 22:12

Isaiah 21 Isaiah 23

Isaiah 22:12 New International Version (NIV)

¹²The Lord, the Lord Almighty,
called you on that day
to weep and to wail,
to tear out your hair and put on sackcloth.

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Jeremiah 6:26

Jeremiah 5 Jeremiah 7

Jeremiah 6:26 New International Version (NIV)

²⁶Put on sackcloth, my people,
    and roll in ashes;
mourn with bitter wailing
    as for an only son,
for suddenly the destroyer
    will come upon us.

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Lamentations 2:10

Lamentations 1 Lamentations 3

Lamentations 2:10 New International Version (NIV)

¹⁰The elders of Daughter Zion
    sit on the ground in silence;
they have sprinkled dust on their heads
    and put on sackcloth.
The young women of Jerusalem
    have bowed their heads to the ground.