Thematic Bible: A symbol of mourning


Thematic Bible



And Tamar, in her grief, put dust on her head; and she put her hand on her head and went away crying loudly. Verse ConceptsTearing Of ClothesClothing, Tearing OfAshesWeepingFine ClothesThose Who Tore ClothesAshes Of Humiliation

Now when Mordecai saw what was done, pulling off his robe, he put on haircloth, with dust on his head, and went out into the middle of the town, crying out with a loud and bitter cry. Verse ConceptsTearing Of ClothesAshesLamentingThose Who Tore ClothesAshes Of Humiliation

And in every part of the kingdom, wherever the king's word and his order came, there was great sorrow among the Jews, and weeping and crying and going without food; and numbers of them were stretched on the earth covered with dust and haircloth. Verse ConceptsProvincesAshesWailingPeople Mourning Catastrophe

Make sounds of grief, O Heshbon, for Ai is wasted; give loud cries, O daughters of Rabbah, and put haircloth round you: give yourselves to weeping, running here and there and wounding yourselves; for Milcom will be taken prisoner together with his rulers and his priests. Verse ConceptsAi, The CitySackcloth And AshesAfflictions Of The WickedExiled Foreigners

The responsible men of the daughter of Zion are seated on the earth without a word; they have put dust on their heads, they are clothed in haircloth: the heads of the virgins of Jerusalem are bent down to the earth. Verse ConceptsdaughtersDust, Figurative UseBowingHeadsSackcloth And AshesSprinklingClothing OneselfBowing Heads Before GodSitting In DejectionDust On The HeadIndividuals Being Silent


And they will put haircloth round them, and deep fear will be covering them; and shame will be on all faces, and the hair gone from all their heads. Verse ConceptsBaldnessHeadsKnivesMourningShavingFoul ClothesShame Will Come

O daughter of my people, put on haircloth, rolling yourself in the dust: give yourself to sorrow, as for an only son, with most bitter cries of grief; for he who makes waste will come on us suddenly. Verse ConceptsAshesLamentingSuddenlyThose Who DestroyAshes Of HumiliationOthers Mourning

I have made haircloth the clothing of my skin, and my horn is rolled in the dust. Verse ConceptsSackcloth And AshesHorns Weakened

For this put on haircloth, with weeping and loud crying: for the burning wrath of the Lord is not turned back from us. Verse ConceptsClothLamentingHaircloth


Then his servants said to him, It is said that the kings of Israel are full of mercy: let us then put on haircloth, and cords on our heads, and go to the king of Israel; it may be that he will give you your life. So they put on haircloth, and cords on their heads, and came to the king of Israel and said, Your servant Ben-hadad says, Let me now keep my life. And he said, Is he still living? he is my brother.

In their streets they are covering themselves with haircloth: on the tops of their houses, and in their public places, there is crying and bitter weeping. Verse ConceptsProstrationRoofSackcloth And AshesSorrowRooftop

Basic English, produced by Mr C. K. Ogden of the Orthological Institute - public domain