Thematic Bible: A symbol of mourning
Thematic Bible
Ashes » A symbol of mourning
And Tamar put ashes on her head and tore the long robe that she wore. And she laid her hand on her head and went away, crying aloud as she went.
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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.
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And in every province, wherever the king's command and his decree reached, there was great mourning among the Jews, with fasting and weeping and lamenting, and many of them lay in sackcloth and ashes.
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Sackcloth » A symbol of mourning
"Wail, O Heshbon, for Ai is laid waste! Cry out, O daughters of Rabbah! Put on sackcloth, lament, and run to and fro among the hedges! For Milcom shall go into exile, with his priests and his officials.
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The elders of the daughter of Zion sit on the ground in silence; they have thrown dust on their heads and put on sackcloth; the young women of Jerusalem have bowed their heads to the ground.
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Then I turned my face to the Lord God, seeking him by prayer and pleas for mercy with fasting and sackcloth and ashes.
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They put on sackcloth, and horror covers them. Shame is on all faces, and baldness on all their heads.
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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.
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I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin and have laid my strength in the dust.
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For this put on sackcloth, lament and wail, for the fierce anger of the LORD has not turned back from us."
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Lament like a virginwearing sackcloth for the bridegroom of her youth.
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And his servants said to him, "Behold now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful kings. Let us put sackcloth around our waists and ropes on our heads and go out to the king of Israel. Perhaps he will spare your life." So they tied sackcloth around their waists and put ropes on their heads and went to the king of Israel and said, "Your servant Ben-hadad says, 'Please, let me live.'" And he said, "Does he still live? He is my brother."
in the streets they wear sackcloth; on the housetops and in the squares everyone wails and melts in tears.
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Related Topics
- Afflictions Of The Wicked
- Ai, The City
- Asceticism, Types
- Ashes
- Ashes Of Humiliation
- Baldness
- Bowing
- Bowing Heads Before God
- Cloth
- Clothing Oneself
- Clothing, Tearing Of
- Dust On The Head
- Dust, Figurative Use
- Exiled Foreigners
- Fasting
- Fasting And Prayer
- Fasting, Accompanied By
- Fasting, Examples Of
- Fasting, Nature Of
- Fasting, Practice Of
- Fine Clothes
- Foul Clothes
- God Is Gracious
- Haircloth
- Heads
- Horns Weakened
- Individuals Being Silent
- Knives
- Lamenting
- Marriage, Between God And His People
- Marriage, Customs Concerning
- Mourning
- Mourning Death
- Others Mourning
- People Mourning Catastrophe
- Prayer, Practicalities Of
- Prostration
- Provinces
- Roof
- Rooftop
- Sackcloth And Ashes
- Shame Will Come