Isaiah 22:12

New Century Version

The Lord God All-Powerful told the people to cry and be sad, to shave their heads and wear rough cloth.

Cross References

2 Chronicles 35:25

Jeremiah wrote some sad songs about Josiah. Even to this day all the men and women singers remember and honor Josiah with these songs. It became a custom in Israel to sing these songs that are written in the collection of sad songs.

Ezra 9:3

When I heard this, I angrily tore my robe and coat, pulled hair from my head and beard, and sat down in shock.

Nehemiah 9:9

“You saw our ancestors suffering in Egypt and heard them cry out at the Red Sea.

Job 1:20

When Job heard this, he got up and tore his robe and shaved his head to show how sad he was. Then he bowed down to the ground to worship God.

Ecclesiastes 3:11

God has given them a desire to know the future. He does everything just right and on time, but people can never completely understand what he is doing.

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.

Isaiah 15:2

The people of Dibon go to the places of worship to cry. The people of Moab cry for the cities of Nebo and Medeba. Every head and beard has been shaved to show how sad Moab is.

Isaiah 26:10

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

Isaiah 29:1

How terrible it will be for you, Jerusalem, the city where David camped. Your festivals have continued year after year.

Isaiah 3:24

Instead of wearing sweet-smelling perfume, they will stink. Instead of fine cloth belts, they will wear the ropes of captives. Instead of having their hair fixed in fancy ways, they will be bald. Instead of fine clothes, they will wear clothes of sadness. Instead of being beautiful, they will wear the brand of a captive.

Isaiah 32:11

Women, you are calm now, but you should shake with fear. Women, you feel safe now, but you should tremble. Take off your nice clothes and put rough cloth around your waist to show your sadness.

Isaiah 37:1

When King Hezekiah heard the message, he tore his clothes and put on rough cloth to show how sad he was. Then he went into the Temple of the Lord.

Isaiah 37:2

Hezekiah sent Eliakim, the palace manager, and Shebna, the royal secretary, and the older priests to Isaiah. They were all wearing rough cloth when they came to Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz.

Isaiah 58:3

They say, ‘To honor you we had special days when we fasted, but you didn’t see. We humbled ourselves to honor you, but you didn’t notice.’ ” But the Lord says, “You do what pleases yourselves on these special days, and you are unfair to your workers.

Jeremiah 16:6

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

Jeremiah 16:8

“Do not go into a house where the people are having a feast to sit down to eat and drink,

Jeremiah 4:8

So put on rough cloth, show how sad you are, and cry loudly. The terrible anger of the Lord has not turned away from us.

Jeremiah 7:29

“ ‘Cut off your hair and throw it away. Go up to the bare hilltop and cry out, because the Lord has rejected these people. He has turned his back on them, and in his anger will punish them.

Ezekiel 27:31

They shave their heads for you, and they put on rough cloth to show they are upset. They cry and sob for you; they cry loudly.

Daniel 5:1

King Belshazzar gave a big banquet for a thousand royal guests and drank wine with them.

Hosea 9:1

Israel, do not rejoice; don’t shout for joy as the other nations do. You have been like a prostitute against your God. You love the pay of prostitutes on every threshing floor.

Joel 1:13

Priests, put on your rough cloth and cry to show your sadness. Servants of the altar, cry out loud. Servants of my God, keep your rough cloth on all night to show your sadness. Cry because there will be no more grain or drink offerings to offer in the Temple of your God.

Joel 1:8

Cry as a young woman cries when the man she was going to marry has died.

Joel 2:12

The Lord says, “Even now, come back to me with all your heart. Fast, cry, and be sad.”

Joel 2:17

The priests, the Lord’s servants, should cry between the altar and the entrance to the Temple. They should say, “Lord, have mercy on your people. Don’t let them be put to shame; don’t let other nations make fun of them. Don’t let people in other nations ask, ‘Where is their God?’ ”

Amos 8:10

I will change your festivals into days of crying for the dead, and all your songs will become songs of sadness. I will make all of you wear rough cloth to show your sadness; I will make you shave your heads as well. I will make it like a time of crying for the death of an only son, and its end like the end of an awful day.”

Jonah 3:6

When the king of Nineveh heard this news, he got up from his throne, took off his robe, and covered himself with rough cloth and sat in ashes to show how upset he was.

Micah 1:16

Cut off your hair to show you are sad for the children you love. Make yourself bald like the eagle, because your children will be taken away to a foreign land.

James 5:1

You rich people, listen! Cry and be very sad because of the troubles that are coming to you.