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Job 2:12
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Job 2:12
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12 When they saw him from a distance, they did not recognize him, and they raised their voices and wept aloud; they tore their robes and threw dust in the air upon their heads.(A)
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Job 2:12
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Job 2:12
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12 When they saw him from a distance, they could hardly recognize him;(A) they began to weep aloud,(B) and they tore their robes(C) and sprinkled dust on their heads.(D)
Ezekiel 27:30
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Ezekiel 27:30
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30 and wail aloud over you
and cry bitterly.
They throw dust on their heads
and wallow in ashes;(A)
Ezekiel 27:30
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Ezekiel 27:30
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Lamentations 2:10
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Lamentations 2:10
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10 The elders of daughter Zion
sit on the ground in silence;
they have thrown dust on their heads;
they put on sackcloth;
the young women of Jerusalem
have bowed their heads to the ground.(A)
Nehemiah 9:1
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Nehemiah 9:1
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9 Now on the twenty-fourth day of this month the Israelites were assembled with fasting and in sackcloth and with earth on their heads.[a](A)
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- 9.1 Heb on them
Nehemiah 9:1
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Nehemiah 9:1
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The Israelites Confess Their Sins
9 On the twenty-fourth day of the same month, the Israelites gathered together, fasting and wearing sackcloth and putting dust on their heads.(A)
Job 1:20
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Job 1:20
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20 Then Job arose, tore his robe, shaved his head, and fell on the ground and worshiped.(A)
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Job 1:20
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Job 1:20
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20 At this, Job got up and tore his robe(A) and shaved his head.(B) Then he fell to the ground in worship(C)
Joshua 7:6
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Joshua 7:6
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6 Then Joshua tore his clothes and fell to the ground on his face before the ark of the Lord until the evening, he and the elders of Israel, and they put dust on their heads.(A)
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Revelation 18:19
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Revelation 18:19
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19 And they threw dust on their heads as they wept and mourned, crying out,
“Alas, alas, the great city,
where all who had ships at sea
grew rich by her wealth!
For in one hour she has been laid waste.”(A)
Revelation 18:19
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Revelation 18:19
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Lamentations 4:7-8
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Lamentations 4:7-8
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7 Her princes were purer than snow,
whiter than milk;
their bodies were more ruddy than coral,
their form cut like sapphire.[a](A)
8 Now their visage is blacker than soot;
they are not recognized in the streets.
Their skin has shriveled on their bones;
it has become as dry as wood.(B)
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- 4.7 Or lapis lazuli
Lamentations 4:7-8
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Lamentations 4:7-8
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7 Their princes were brighter than snow
and whiter than milk,
their bodies more ruddy than rubies,
their appearance like lapis lazuli.
Job 19:14
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Job 19:14
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14 My relatives and my close friends have failed me;
Job 19:14
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Job 19:14
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14 My relatives have gone away;
my closest friends(A) have forgotten me.
Esther 4:1
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Esther 4:1
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Esther Agrees to Help the Jews
4 When Mordecai learned all that had been done, Mordecai tore his clothes and put on sackcloth and ashes and went through the city, wailing with a loud and bitter cry;(A)
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Esther 4:1
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Esther 4:1
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Mordecai Persuades Esther to Help
4 When Mordecai learned of all that had been done, he tore his clothes,(A) put on sackcloth and ashes,(B) and went out into the city, wailing(C) loudly and bitterly.
2 Samuel 13:36
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2 Samuel 13:36
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36 As soon as he had finished speaking, the king’s sons arrived and raised their voices and wept, and the king and all his servants also wept very bitterly.
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2 Samuel 13:36
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2 Samuel 13:36
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36 As he finished speaking, the king’s sons came in, wailing loudly. The king, too, and all his attendants wept very bitterly.
1 Samuel 30:4
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1 Samuel 30:4
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4 Then David and the people who were with him raised their voices and wept until they had no more strength to weep.
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1 Samuel 30:4
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1 Samuel 30:4
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4 So David and his men wept(A) aloud until they had no strength left to weep.
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, they reported the matter in the hearing of the people, and all the people wept aloud.(A)
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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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