Esther 4:1-4
New American Standard Bible
Esther Learns of Haman’s Plot
4 When Mordecai learned of (A)everything that had been done, [a]he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth and ashes, and went out into the midst of the city and wailed loudly and bitterly. 2 And he came as far as the king’s gate, for no one was to enter the king’s gate clothed in sackcloth. 3 In each and every province where the command and decree of the king came, there was great mourning among the Jews, with (B)fasting, weeping, and mourning rites; and many had sackcloth and ashes spread out as a bed.
4 Then Esther’s attendants and her eunuchs came and informed her, and the queen was seized by great fear. And she sent garments to clothe Mordecai so that he would remove his sackcloth from him, but he did not accept them.
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- Esther 4:1 Lit Mordecai
Jeremiah 6:26
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26 Daughter of my people, (A)put on sackcloth
And (B)roll in ashes;
[a](C)Mourn as for an only son,
A most bitter mourning.
For suddenly the destroyer
Will come against us.
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- Jeremiah 6:26 Lit Make for yourself mourning
Ezekiel 27:30
New American Standard Bible
30 And they will (A)make their voice heard over you
And cry out bitterly.
They will (B)throw dust on their heads,
They will (C)wallow in ashes.
Ezekiel 27:31
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31 Also they will shave themselves (A)bald for you
And (B)put on sackcloth;
And they will (C)weep for you in bitterness of soul
With bitter mourning.
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