Jonah 3:6

Good News Translation

When the king of Nineveh heard about it, he got up from his throne, took off his robe, put on sackcloth, and sat down in ashes.

Cross References

1 Kings 21:27

When Elijah finished speaking, Ahab tore his clothes, took them off, and put on sackcloth. He refused food, slept in the sackcloth, and went about gloomy and depressed.

Job 2:8

Job went and sat by the garbage dump and took a piece of broken pottery to scrape his sores.

Job 42:6

So I am ashamed of all I have said and repent in dust and ashes.

Isaiah 15:3

The people in the streets are dressed in sackcloth; in the city squares and on the rooftops people mourn and cry.

Jeremiah 13:18

The Lord said to me, “Tell the king and his mother to come down from their thrones, because their beautiful crowns have fallen from their heads.

Jeremiah 36:13

Micaiah told them everything that he had heard Baruch read to the people.

Jeremiah 36:24

But neither the king nor any of his officials who heard all this was afraid or showed any sign of sorrow.

Jeremiah 6:26

The Lord says to his people, “Put on sackcloth and roll in ashes. Mourn with bitter tears as you would for an only child, because the one who comes to destroy you will suddenly attack.

Lamentations 2:10

Jerusalem's old men sit on the ground in silence, With dust on their heads and sackcloth on their bodies. Young women bow their heads to the ground.

Lamentations 3:29

We should bow in submission, for there may still be hope.

Ezekiel 26:16

All the kings of the seafaring nations will come down from their thrones. They will take off their robes and their embroidered clothes and sit trembling on the ground. They will be so terrified at your fate that they will not be able to stop trembling.

Daniel 9:3

And I prayed earnestly to the Lord God, pleading with him, fasting, wearing sackcloth, and sitting in ashes.

Micah 1:10

Don't tell our enemies in Gath about our defeat; don't let them see you weeping. People of Beth Leaphrah, show your despair by rolling in the dust!

Matthew 11:21

“How terrible it will be for you, Chorazin! How terrible for you too, Bethsaida! If the miracles which were performed in you had been performed in Tyre and Sidon, the people there would have long ago put on sackcloth and sprinkled ashes on themselves, to show that they had turned from their sins!

Luke 10:13

“How terrible it will be for you, Chorazin! How terrible for you too, Bethsaida! If the miracles which were performed in you had been performed in Tyre and Sidon, the people there would have long ago sat down, put on sackcloth, and sprinkled ashes on themselves, to show that they had turned from their sins!