Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
And they cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and wailing, saying, Alas, alas, that great city, wherein were made rich all that had ships in the sea by reason of her costliness! for in one hour is she made desolate.
Weeping
General references
Bible References
They cast
Joshua 7:6
Then Joshua tore his clothes and fell before the ark of the Lord with his face to the ground until evening, as did the elders of Israel; they all put dust on their heads.
1 Samuel 4:12
That same day, a Benjaminite man ran from the battle and came to Shiloh. His clothes were torn, and there was dirt on his head.
2 Samuel 13:19
Tamar put ashes on her head and tore the long-sleeved garment she was wearing. She put her hand on her head and went away crying out.
Nehemiah 9:1
On the twenty-fourth day of this month the Israelites assembled; they were fasting, wearing sackcloth, and had put dust on their heads.
Job 2:12
When they looked from a distance, they could barely recognize him. They wept aloud, and each man tore his robe and threw dust into the air and on his head.
Ezekiel 27:30 They raise their voices over you
and cry out bitterly.
They throw dust on their heads;
they roll in ashes.
and cry out bitterly.
They throw dust on their heads;
they roll in ashes.
Weeping
Revelation 18:10
They will stand far off in fear of her torment, saying:
Woe, woe, the great city,
Babylon, the mighty city!
For in a single hour
your judgment has come.
Babylon, the mighty city!
For in a single hour
your judgment has come.
General references
Exodus 11:6
Then there will be a great cry of anguish through all the land of Egypt such as never was before, or ever will be again.
Jeremiah 49:25 How can the city of praise not be abandoned,
the town that brings Me joy?
the town that brings Me joy?
Jeremiah 51:54 The sound of a cry from Babylon!
The sound of great destruction
from the land of the Chaldeans!
The sound of great destruction
from the land of the Chaldeans!