Jonah 3:6

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Summary

For word came unto the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, and he laid his robe from him, and covered him with sackcloth, and sat in ashes.

Word

Jeremiah 13:18

And he arose

Psalm 2:10

James 1:9

James 4:6

And covered

General references

Bible References

Word

Say to the king and the queen mother: "Take a lowly seat, for your beautiful crown has come down from your head."

And he arose

Now therefore, O kings, be wise; be warned, O rulers of the earth.

Let the lowly brother boast in his exaltation,

But he gives more grace. Therefore it says, "God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble."

And covered

When Mordecai learned all that had been done, Mordecai tore his clothes and put on sackcloth and ashes, and went out into the midst of the city, and he cried out with a loud and bitter cry.

And he took a piece of broken pottery with which to scrape himself while he sat in the ashes.

therefore I despise myself, and repent in dust and ashes."

O daughter of my people, put on sackcloth, and roll in ashes; make mourning as for an only son, most bitter lamentation, for suddenly the destroyer will come upon us.

let him put his mouth in the dust-- there may yet be hope;

Then I turned my face to the Lord God, seeking him by prayer and pleas for mercy with fasting and sackcloth and ashes.

Tell it not in Gath; weep not at all; in Beth-le-aphrah roll yourselves in the dust.

"Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the mighty works done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.

"Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the mighty works done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.

General references

Then Jacob tore his garments and put sackcloth on his loins and mourned for his son many days.

Then whoever feared the word of the LORD among the servants of Pharaoh hurried his slaves and his livestock into the houses,

And Micaiah told them all the words that he had heard, when Baruch read the scroll in the hearing of the people.

And for three days he was without sight, and neither ate nor drank.