Jonah 3:6

Easy To Read Version

The king of Nineveh heard about these things. And the king was also sorry for the bad things he did. So the king left his throne. {\cf2\super [13]} The king removed his robe and put on special clothes \{to show he was sorry\}. Then the king sat in ashes. {\cf2\super [14]}

Cross References

1 Kings 21:27

After Elijah finished speaking, Ahab was very sad. He tore his clothes to show that he was sad. Then he put on special clothes of sadness. Ahab refused to eat. He slept in those special clothes. Ahab was very sad and upset.

Job 2:8

So Job sat near the garbage piles. He used a piece of broken pottery to scrape his sores.

Job 42:6

And Lord, I am ashamed of myself.\par Lord, I am so sorry.\par As I sit in the dust and ashes, {\cf2\super [107]} \par I promise to change my heart\par and my life.”\par

Isaiah 15:3

Everywhere in Moab,\par on the housetops and in the streets,\par people are wearing black clothes,\par people are crying.\par

Jeremiah 13:18

Tell these things to the king and his wife,\par “Come down from your thrones.\par Your beautiful crowns have fallen from your heads.”\par

Jeremiah 36:13

Micaiah told those officials everything he had heard Baruch read from the scroll.

Jeremiah 36:24

And, when King Jehoiakim and his servants heard the message from the scroll, they were not afraid. They didn’t tear their clothes to show sorrow for doing wrong.

Jeremiah 6:26

My people, put on sackcloth {\cf2\super [47]} ,\par and roll in the ashes. {\cf2\super [48]} \par Cry loud for the dead people.\par Cry like you lost an only son.\par Do these things because the destroyer\par will come against us very quickly.\par

Lamentations 2:10

The elders of Zion {\cf2\super [16]} sit on the ground.\par They sit on the ground and are quiet.\par They pour dust on their heads.\par They put on sackcloth. {\cf2\super [17]} \par The young women of Jerusalem\par bow their heads to the ground in sorrow.\par

Lamentations 3:29

That person should bow to the Lord\par with his face to the ground.\par Maybe there is still hope.\par

Ezekiel 26:16

Then all the leaders of the countries by the sea will step down from their thrones \{and show their sadness\}. They will take off their special robes. They will take off their beautiful clothes. Then they will put on their ‘clothes of shaking’ (fear). They will sit on the ground and shake with fear. They will be shocked at how quickly you were destroyed.

Daniel 9:3

Then I turned to God, my Master. I prayed to him and asked him for help. I did not eat any food, and I put on the clothes that showed I was sad. And I put dirt on my head.

Micah 1:10

Don’t tell it in Gath. {\cf2\super [14]} \par Don’t cry in Acco. {\cf2\super [15]} \par Roll yourself in the dust at Beth Ophrah. {\cf2\super [16]} \par

Matthew 11:21

Jesus said, “It will be bad for you Chorazin. {\cf2\super [145]} It will be bad for you Bethsaida. {\cf2\super [146]} I did many miracles in you. If those same miracles had happened in Tyre and Sidon, {\cf2\super [147]} then those people in Tyre and Sidon would have changed their lives a long time ago. Those people would have worn sackcloth {\cf2\super [148]} and put ashes on themselves to show that they were sorry for their sins.

Luke 10:13

“It will be bad for you, Chorazin {\cf2\super [181]} ! It will be bad for you, Bethsaida {\cf2\super [182]} ! I did many miracles {\cf2\super [183]} in you. If those same miracles had happened in Tyre and Sidon, {\cf2\super [184]} then the people in those cities would have changed their lives and stopped sinning a long time ago. They would have worn sackcloth {\cf2\super [185]} and put ashes on themselves to show that they were sorry for their sins.