Esther 4:1

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

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.

Cross References

Daniel 9:3

So I turned my attention to the Lord God to seek him by prayer and petitions, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes.

Job 42:6

Therefore, I reject my words and am sorry for them; I am dust and ashes.  ,

2 Samuel 13:19

Tamar put ashes on her head and tore the long-sleeved robe she was wearing. She put her hand on her head  and went away crying out.

2 Samuel 1:11

Then David took hold of his clothes and tore them,  and all the men with him did the same.

Job 2:8

Then Job took a piece of broken pottery to scrape himself while he sat among the ashes.

Acts 14:14

The apostles Barnabas and Paul tore their robes when they heard this and rushed into the crowd, shouting,

Matthew 11:21

‘Woe to you, Chorazin!   Woe to you, Bethsaida!   For if the miracles that were done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon,   they would have repented in sackcloth and ashes long ago.

Zephaniah 1:14

The great day of the  Lord is near, near and rapidly approaching. Listen, the day of the  Lord  – then the warrior’s cry is bitter.

Micah 1:8

Because of this I will lament and wail; I will walk barefoot and naked. I will howl like the jackals and mourn like ostriches.

Ezekiel 21:6

‘But you, son of man, groan! Groan bitterly with a broken heart  right before their eyes.

Isaiah 58:5

Will the fast I choose be like this: A day for a person to deny himself, to bow his head like a reed, and to spread out sackcloth and ashes? Will you call this a fast and a day acceptable to the  Lord?

Isaiah 22:4

Therefore I said, ‘Look away from me! Let me weep bitterly! Do not try to comfort me about the destruction of my dear   people.’

Isaiah 15:4

Heshbon and Elealeh cry out; their voices are heard as far away as Jahaz. Therefore the soldiers of Moab cry out, and they tremble.

Job 1:20

Then Job stood up, tore  his robe, and shaved  his head. He fell to the ground and worshipped,

Esther 4:3

There was great mourning among the Jewish people in every province where the king’s command and edict  reached. They fasted, wept, and lamented, and many lay in sackcloth and ashes.

Joshua 7:6

Then Joshua tore his clothes and fell face down to the ground before the ark of the Lord until evening,  as did the elders of Israel; they all put dust on their heads.

Genesis 27:34

When Esau heard his father’s words, he cried out with a loud and bitter cry and said to his father, ‘Bless me too, my father! ’

Revelation 11:3

I will grant  my two witnesses authority to prophesy for 1,260 days, dressed in sackcloth.’

Esther 4:2

He went only as far as the King’s Gate,  since the law prohibited anyone wearing sackcloth from entering the King’s Gate.

Genesis 37:34

Then Jacob tore his clothes, put sackcloth round his waist, and mourned for his son for many days.

Isaiah 37:1

When King Hezekiah heard their report,  he tore his clothes, covered himself with sackcloth,  and went to the Lord’s temple.

Isaiah 37:2

He sent Eliakim, who was in charge of the palace, Shebna the court secretary, and the leading priests, who were covered with sackcloth, to the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz.

Ezekiel 21:11

The sword is given to be polished, to be grasped in the hand. It is sharpened, and it is polished, to be put in the hand of the slayer.”