Thematic Bible: A symbol of mourning
Thematic Bible
Ashes » A symbol of mourning
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.
Verse Concepts
When Mordecai learned all that had occurred, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth and ashes, went into the middle of the city, and cried loudly and bitterly.
Verse Concepts
There was great mourning among the Jewish people in every province where the king’s command and edict came. They fasted, wept, and lamented, and many lay on sackcloth and ashes.
Verse Concepts
Sackcloth » A symbol of mourning
cry out, daughters of Rabbah!
Clothe yourselves with sackcloth,
run back and forth within your walls,
because Milcom will go into exile
together with his priests and officials.
י YodThe elders of Daughter 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.
Verse Concepts
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.
So I turned my attention to the Lord God to seek Him by prayer and petitions, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes.
and horror will overwhelm them.
Shame will cover all their faces,
and all their heads will be bald.
and roll in the dust.
Mourn as you would for an only son,
a bitter lament,
for suddenly the destroyer
I have buried my strength
mourn and wail,
for the Lord’s burning anger
has not turned away from us.
mourning for the husband of her youth.
His servants said to him, "Consider this: we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are kings [who show] special kindness. So let's put sackcloth around our waists and ropes around our heads, and let's go out to the king of Israel. Perhaps he will spare your life." So they dressed with sackcloth around their waists and ropes around their heads, went to the king of Israel, and said, "Your servant Ben-hadad says, 'Please spare my life.' " So he said, "Is he still alive? He is my brother."
on its rooftops and in its public squares everyone wails,
falling down and weeping.
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