Isaiah 22:12

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

So the Lord GOD All-Powerful told the people to cry and mourn for their dead friends. He told them to shave their heads and wear mourning clothes.

Cross References

Joel 2:17

Let the priests, the Lord’s servants, cry between the porch and the altar. All of them should say this: “Lord, have mercy on your people. Don’t let your people be put to shame. Don’t let other people tell jokes about your people. Don’t let the other nations laugh at us and say, ‘Where is their God?’”

Joel 1:13

Priests, put on sackcloth and cry loudly. Servants of the altar, cry loudly. Servants of my God, you will sleep in sackcloth, because there will be no more grain and drink offerings in God’s Temple.

Micah 1:16

So cut off your hair, make yourself bald, because you will cry for the children you love. Make yourself bald like an eagle and show your sadness, because your children will be taken away from you.

James 5:1

You rich people, listen! Cry and be very sad because much trouble will come to you.

Amos 8:10

I will change your festivals into days of crying for the dead. All your songs will be songs of sadness for those who are dead. I will put mourning clothes on every body and baldness on every head. I will cause mourning everywhere, like that for an only son who has died. It will be a very bitter end.”

Jonah 3:6

When the king of Nineveh heard about this, he left his throne, removed his robe, put on special clothes to show that he was sorry, and sat in ashes.

Isaiah 15:2

The king’s family and the people of Dibon go to the places of worship to cry. The people of Moab are crying for Nebo and Medeba. They have shaved their heads and beards to show their sadness.

Ecclesiastes 3:11

God gave us the ability to think about his world, but we can never completely understand everything he does. And yet, he does everything at just the right time.

Ecclesiastes 3:4

There is a time to cry and a time to laugh. There is a time to be sad and a time to dance with joy.

Job 1:20

When Job heard this, he got up, tore his clothes, and shaved his head to show his sadness. Then he fell to the ground to bow down before God

Nehemiah 9:9

You saw our ancestors suffering in Egypt and heard them call for help by the Red Sea.

Ezra 9:3

When I heard about this, I tore my robe and my coat to show I was upset. I pulled hair from my head and beard. I sat down, shocked and upset.

2 Chronicles 35:25

Jeremiah wrote and sang some funeral songs for Josiah. And the men and women singers still sing these sad songs today. It became something the people of Israel always do—they sing a sad song for Josiah. These songs are written in the book, Funeral Songs.

Isaiah 3:24

Those women now have sweet-smelling perfume, but it will get moldy and stink. Now they wear belts, but then they will have only ropes to wear. Now they have their hair fixed in fancy ways, but then their heads will be shaved—they will have no hair. Now they have party dresses, but then they will have only mourning clothes. They have beauty marks on their faces now, but then they will have another mark. It will be a mark burned into their skin to show that they are slaves.

Isaiah 26:10

Evil people will not learn to do good, even if you show them only kindness. They will still do wrong, even if they live in a good world. They never see the Lord’s greatness.

Isaiah 29:1

God says, “Look at Ariel, the city where David camped. Keep on having your festivals, year after year.

Isaiah 32:11

Women, you are calm now, but you should be afraid. You feel safe now, but you should be worried. Take off your nice clothes and put on sackcloth. Wrap it around your waist.

Isaiah 58:3

They say, “We fast to show honor to you. Why don’t you see us? We starve our bodies to show honor to you. Why don’t you notice us?” But God says, “You do things to please yourselves on those special days of fasting. And you punish your servants, not your own bodies.

Jeremiah 4:8

The Lord is angry with us, so put on sackcloth and cry out loud!

Jeremiah 7:29

“Jeremiah, cut off your hair and throw it away. Go up to the bare hilltop and cry, because the Lord has rejected this generation of people. He has turned his back on these people. And in anger he will punish them.

Jeremiah 16:6

“Important people and common people will die in the land of Judah. No one will bury them or cry for them. No one will cut himself or shave his head to show sorrow for them.

Jeremiah 16:8

“Jeremiah, don’t go into a house where the people are having a party. Don’t go into that house and sit down to eat and drink.

Ezekiel 27:31

They will shave their heads for you. They will put on sackcloth. They will cry for you like someone crying for someone who died.

Daniel 5:1

King Belshazzar gave a big party for 1000 of his officials. The king was drinking wine with them.

Hosea 9:1

Israel, don’t celebrate like the nations do. Don’t be happy. You acted like a prostitute and left your God. You committed your sexual sin on every threshing floor.

Joel 1:8

Cry like a young woman crying because the man she was ready to marry has died.

Isaiah 37:1

When King Hezekiah listened to their message, he tore his clothes to show he was upset. Then he put on sackcloth and went to the Lord’s Temple.

Isaiah 37:2

Hezekiah sent Eliakim, the palace manager, Shebna, the royal secretary, and the elders of the priests to the prophet, Isaiah son of Amoz. They wore the special clothes that showed they were sad and upset.

Joel 2:12

This is the Lord’s message: “Now come back to me with all your heart. Cry and mourn, and don’t eat anything! Show that you are sad for doing wrong.