Ezra 9:3
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3 So when I heard this thing, (A)I tore my garment and my robe, and plucked out some of the hair of my head and beard, and sat down (B)astonished.
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Nehemiah 1:4
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4 So it was, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned for many days; I was fasting and praying before the God of heaven.
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Joshua 7:6
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6 Then Joshua (A)tore his clothes, and fell to the earth on his face before the ark of the Lord until evening, he and the elders of Israel; and they (B)put dust on their heads.
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Micah 1:16
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16 Make yourself (A)bald and cut off your hair,
Because of your (B)precious children;
Enlarge your baldness like an eagle,
For they shall go from you into (C)captivity.
Daniel 8:27
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27 (A)And I, Daniel, fainted and was sick for days; afterward I arose and went about the king’s business. I was [a]astonished by the vision, but no one understood it.
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- Daniel 8:27 amazed
Daniel 4:19
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Daniel Explains the Second Dream
19 Then Daniel, (A)whose name was Belteshazzar, was astonished for a time, and his thoughts (B)troubled him. So the king spoke, and said, “Belteshazzar, do not let the dream or its interpretation trouble you.”
Belteshazzar answered and said, “My lord, may (C)the dream [a]concern those who hate you, and its interpretation [b]concern your enemies!
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- Daniel 4:19 be for
- Daniel 4:19 for
Ezekiel 7:18
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18 They will also (A)be girded with sackcloth;
Horror will cover them;
Shame will be on every face,
Baldness on all their heads.
Ezekiel 3:15
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15 Then I came to the captives at Tel Abib, who dwelt by the River Chebar; and (A)I sat where they sat, and remained there astonished among them seven days.
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Jeremiah 48:37-38
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37 “For (A)every head shall be bald, and every beard clipped;
On all the hands shall be cuts, and (B)on the loins sackcloth—
38 A general lamentation
On all the (C)housetops of Moab,
And in its streets;
For I have (D)broken Moab like a vessel in which is no pleasure,” says the Lord.
Jeremiah 36:24
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24 Yet they were (A)not afraid, nor did they (B)tear their garments, the king nor any of his servants who heard all these words.
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Jeremiah 7:29
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29 (A)Cut off your hair and cast it away, and take up a lamentation on the desolate heights; for the Lord has rejected and forsaken the generation of His wrath.’
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Isaiah 15:2
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2 He has gone up to the [a]temple and Dibon,
To the high places to weep.
Moab will wail over Nebo and over Medeba;
(A)On all their heads will be baldness,
And every beard cut off.
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- Isaiah 15:2 Heb. bayith, lit. house
Psalm 143:4
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4 (A)Therefore my spirit is overwhelmed within me;
My heart within me is distressed.
Psalm 66:3
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3 Say to God,
“How (A)awesome are Your works!
(B)Through the greatness of Your power
Your enemies shall submit themselves to You.
Job 2:12-13
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12 And when they raised their eyes from afar, and did not recognize him, they lifted their voices and wept; and each one tore his robe and (A)sprinkled dust on his head toward heaven. 13 So they sat down with him on the ground (B)seven days and seven nights, and no one spoke a word to him, for they saw that his grief was very great.
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Job 1:20
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20 Then Job arose, (A)tore his robe, and shaved his head; and he (B)fell to the ground and worshiped.
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Nehemiah 13:25
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25 So I (A)contended with them and [a]cursed them, struck some of them and pulled out their hair, and made them (B)swear by God, saying, “You shall not give your daughters as wives to their sons, nor take their daughters for your sons or yourselves.
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- Nehemiah 13:25 pronounced them cursed
2 Kings 18:37-19:1
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37 Then Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who was over the household, Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph, the recorder, came to Hezekiah (A)with their clothes torn, and told him the words of the Rabshakeh.
Isaiah Assures Deliverance(B)
19 And (C)so it was, when King Hezekiah heard it, that he tore his clothes, covered himself with (D)sackcloth, and went into the house of the Lord.
Leviticus 21:5
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5 (A)‘They shall not make any bald place on their heads, nor shall they shave the edges of their beards nor make any cuttings in their flesh.
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