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Thematic Bible: A symbol of mourning


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2 Samuel 13:19
Tamar rubbed her head with ashes, tore her tunic that she was wearing, put her hand to her head, and ran off, crying aloud as she went away. Verse ConceptsTearing Of ClothesClothing, Tearing OfAshesWeepingFine ClothesThose Who Tore ClothesAshes Of Humiliation

Esther 4:1
When Mordecai learned all that had been done, he tore his garments and clothed himself in sackcloth and ashes. He went into the middle of the city and cried out with a loud and bitter cry. Verse ConceptsTearing Of ClothesAshesLamentingThose Who Tore ClothesAshes Of Humiliation

Esther 4:3
In every province where the order of the king and his edict reached, among the Jewish people there was great mourning, fasting, weeping, and lamenting, and many lay down on sackcloth and ashes. Verse ConceptsProvincesAshesWailingPeople Mourning Catastrophe

Jeremiah 49:3
"Wail, Heshbon, because Ai is destroyed. Cry out, daughters of Rabbah, put on sackcloth and lament. Run back and forth inside the walls, for Milcom is going into exile along with his priests and his princes. Verse ConceptsAi, The CitySackcloth And AshesAfflictions Of The WickedExiled Foreigners

Lamentations 2:10
The leaders of cherished Zion sit silently on the ground; they throw dust on their heads and dress in mourning clothes. The young women of Jerusalem bow their heads in sorrow. Verse ConceptsdaughtersDust, Figurative UseBowingHeadsSackcloth And AshesSprinklingClothing OneselfBowing Heads Before GodSitting In DejectionDust On The HeadIndividuals Being Silent

Daniel 9:3
"So I turned my attention to the Lord God, seeking him in prayer and supplication, accompanied with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes. Verse ConceptsFasting, Practice OfFasting, Nature OfFasting, Examples OfAshesAsceticism, TypesPrayer, Practicalities OfSackcloth And AshesFasting, Accompanied ByAshes Of HumiliationFastingFasting And Prayersupplicationpetition

Ezekiel 7:18
"They'll clothe themselves with sackcloth, terror will overcome them, shame will cover their faces, and baldness will spread over their entire heads. Verse ConceptsBaldnessHeadsKnivesMourningShavingFoul ClothesShame Will Come

Jeremiah 6:26
Daughter of my people, put on sackcloth and roll in ashes. Mourn with bitter wailing, as one mourns at the death of an only son. For the destroyer will come on us suddenly. Verse ConceptsAshesLamentingSuddenlyThose Who DestroyAshes Of HumiliationOthers Mourning

Job 16:15
"I've even sewn sackcloth directly to my skin; I've buried my strength in the dust. Verse ConceptsSackcloth And AshesHorns Weakened

Jeremiah 4:8
So, put on sackcloth, mourn and wail, because the burning anger of the LORD has not turned away from us." Verse ConceptsClothLamentingHaircloth

Joel 1:8
"Grieve like a virgin, who, dressed in her mourner's clothes, cries out in memory of the man she was going to marry. Verse ConceptsMarriage, Between God And His PeopleMarriage, Customs ConcerningMourningSackcloth And AshesUnhappinessVirginGod Is GraciousLamentingWidowsYouthful DevotionHairclothMourning Death

1 Kings 20:31-32
"Look, now," his advisors suggested, "we've heard that the Israeli kings are merciful. So let's clothe ourselves with sackcloth, tie our hair back with ropes, and go out to the king of Israel. Maybe he'll spare your life." So they put on some sackcloth, tied their hair back with ropes, and approached the king of Israel. "Your servant Ben-hadad says this," they said. "Please let me live." "Is he still alive?" Ahab asked. "He's my brother."

Isaiah 15:3
In its streets they wear sackcloth; on its rooftops and in its squares everyone wails and falls down weeping. Verse ConceptsProstrationRoofSackcloth And AshesSorrowRooftop

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