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 to the queen mother, '{Take a lower seat}, for {your beautiful crown} has come down from your head.'

And he arose

So then, O kings, be wise. Be warned, O rulers of [the] earth.

Now let the brother of humble circumstances boast in his high position,

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

And covered

Mordecai learned all that had been done and he tore his clothes and put on sackcloth and ashes. And he went through the middle of the city and cried out a loud and bitter cry;

{So} he took for himself a potsherd with which to scrape himself, and he sat in the midst of the ashes.

Therefore I despise [myself] and repent in dust and ashes."

O daughter of my people, gird yourself [with] sackcloth, and roll about in the ashes in mourning, a mourning ceremony [as for] an only child. Make for yourself wailing of bitterness, for suddenly the destroyer will come upon us.

Let {him put} his mouth in the dust; perhaps there is hope.

Then I turned my face to the Lord God to seek [him] [by] prayer and pleas for mercy, in fasting and [in] sackcloth and ashes.

Do not tell [it] in Gath; you must not weep at all. In Beth-le-Aphrah roll yourself [in] dust.

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

General references

And Jacob tore his clothes and put sackcloth on his loins and mourned for his son many days.

Anyone from the servants of Pharaoh who feared the word of Yahweh caused his servants and livestock to flee to the houses.

And Micaiah told them all the words that he had heard at the reading aloud of Baruch from the scroll in the hearing of the people.

And he was {unable to see} [for] three days, and he did not eat or drink.