Isaiah 15:3

God's Word

In their streets they wear sackcloth. On their roofs and in their city squares everyone wails and cries.

Cross References

2 Samuel 3:31

David told Joab and all the people with him, “Tear your clothes, put on sackcloth, and mourn for Abner.” King David followed the open casket.

2 Kings 6:30

When the king heard the woman say this, he tore his clothes ⌞in distress⌟. As he was walking on the city wall, the people saw that he was wearing sackcloth under his clothes.

Isaiah 15:2

The people of Dibon go to the temple, to the worship sites, to cry. Moab wails over Nebo and Medeba. Every head is shaved bald, and every beard is cut off.

Isaiah 22:1

This is the divine revelation about the valley of Vision. What’s the matter with you? Why do all of you go up on the roofs?

Isaiah 22:4

That is why I say, “Turn away from me so that I can cry bitterly. Don’t try to comfort me because of the destruction brought on my people.”

Isaiah 3:24

Instead of the smell of perfume, there will be the smell of decay. They will wear ropes instead of belts. They will have bald heads instead of beautiful hair. They will wear sackcloth instead of expensive clothes. Their beauty will be scarred.

Jeremiah 19:13

The houses in Jerusalem, the houses of the kings of Judah, and all the rooftops of the houses will be unclean  like this city Topheth. This is because people burned incense to the entire army of heaven and poured out wine offerings to other gods.’ ”

Jeremiah 48:37

“Every head is shaved, and every beard is cut off. There are gashes on every hand and sackcloth on every waist.

Lamentations 2:10

The respected leaders of Zion’s people sit silently on the ground. They throw dirt on their heads and put on sackcloth. The young women of Jerusalem bow their heads to the ground.

Ezekiel 7:18

They will put on sackcloth, and horror will cover them. All their faces will be covered with shame, and every head will be shaved.

Amos 8:10

I will turn your festivals into funerals and all your songs into funeral songs. I will put sackcloth around everyone’s waist and shave everyone’s head. I will make that day seem like a funeral for an only child, and its end will be bitter.

Matthew 11:21

“How horrible it will be for you, Chorazin! How horrible it will be for you, Bethsaida! If the miracles worked in you had been worked in Tyre and Sidon, they would have changed the way they thought and acted long ago in sackcloth and ashes.

Deuteronomy 22:8

Whenever you build a new house, put a railing around the edge of the roof. Then you won’t be responsible for a death at your home if someone falls off the roof.

James 5:1

Pay attention to this if you’re rich. Cry and moan about the misery that is coming to you.

1 Samuel 5:12

The people who didn’t die were struck with tumors. So the cry of the city went up to heaven.