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 unto the king and to the queen, Humble yourselves, sit down: for your principalities shall come down, even the crown of your glory.

And he arose

Be wise now therefore, O ye kings: be instructed, ye judges of the earth.

Let the brother of low degree rejoice in that he is exalted:

But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.

And covered

When Mordecai perceived all that was done, Mordecai rent his clothes, and put on sackcloth with ashes, and went out into the midst of the city, and cried with a loud and a bitter cry;

And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself withal; and he sat down among the ashes.

Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.

O daughter of my people, gird thee with sackcloth, and wallow thyself in ashes: make thee mourning, as for an only son, most bitter lamentation: for the spoiler shall suddenly come upon us.

He putteth his mouth in the dust; if so be there may be hope.

And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes:

Declare ye it not at Gath, weep ye not at all: in the house of Aphrah roll thyself in the dust.

Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works, which were done in you, had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.

Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works had been done in Tyre and Sidon, which have been done in you, they had a great while ago repented, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.

General references

And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his son many days.

He that feared the word of the LORD among the servants of Pharaoh made his servants and his cattle flee into the houses:

Then Michaiah declared unto them all the words that he had heard, when Baruch read the book in the ears of the people.

And he was three days without sight, and neither did eat nor drink.