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 18:10
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10 they will stand far off, in fear of her torment, and say,
“Alas, alas, the great city,
Babylon, the mighty city!
For in one hour your judgment has come.”(A)
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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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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Revelation 18:8
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8 therefore her plagues will come in a single day—
pestilence and mourning and famine—
and she will be burned with fire,
for mighty is the Lord God who judges her.”(A)
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)
1 Samuel 4:12
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Death of Eli
12 A man of Benjamin ran from the battle line and came to Shiloh the same day, with his clothes torn and with earth upon his head.(A)
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Revelation 18:15-17
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15 The merchants of these wares, who grew wealthy from her, will stand far off, in fear of her torment, weeping and mourning aloud,(A)
16 “Alas, alas, the great city,
clothed in fine linen,
in purple and scarlet,
adorned with gold,
with jewels, and with pearls!(B)
17 For in one hour all this wealth has been laid waste!”
And all shipmasters and seafarers, sailors and all whose trade is on the sea, stood far off(C)
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Revelation 18:3
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3 For all the nations have fallen[a]
from the wine of the wrath of her prostitution,
and the kings of the earth have engaged in sexual immorality[b] with her,
and the merchants of the earth have grown rich from the power[c] of her luxury.”(A)
Revelation 17:16
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16 And the ten horns that you saw, they and the beast will hate the whore;[a] they will make her desolate and naked; they will devour her flesh and burn her up with fire.(A)
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- 17.16 Or prostitute
Nehemiah 9:1
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National Confession
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
2 Samuel 13:19
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19 But Tamar put ashes on her head and tore the long robe that she was wearing; she put her hand on her head and went away, crying aloud as she went.(A)
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