Jonah 3:6

New Living Translation

When the king of Nineveh heard what Jonah was saying, he stepped down from his throne and took off his royal robes. He dressed himself in burlap and sat on a heap of ashes.

Cross References

1 Kings 21:27

But when Ahab heard this message, he tore his clothing, dressed in burlap, and fasted. He even slept in burlap and went about in deep mourning.

Job 2:8

Job scraped his skin with a piece of broken pottery as he sat among the ashes.

Job 42:6

I take back everything I said, and I sit in dust and ashes to show my repentance.”

Isaiah 15:3

They will wear burlap as they wander the streets. From every home and public square will come the sound of wailing.

Jeremiah 13:18

Say to the king and his mother, “Come down from your thrones and sit in the dust, for your glorious crowns will soon be snatched from your heads.”

Jeremiah 36:13

When Micaiah told them about the messages Baruch was reading to the people,

Jeremiah 36:24

Neither the king nor his attendants showed any signs of fear or repentance at what they heard.

Jeremiah 6:26

Oh, my people, dress yourselves in burlap and sit among the ashes. Mourn and weep bitterly, as for the loss of an only son. For suddenly the destroying armies will be upon you!

Lamentations 2:10

The leaders of beautiful Jerusalem sit on the ground in silence. They are clothed in burlap and throw dust on their heads. The young women of Jerusalem hang their heads in shame.

Lamentations 3:29

Let them lie face down in the dust, for there may be hope at last.

Ezekiel 26:16

All the seaport rulers will step down from their thrones and take off their royal robes and beautiful clothing. They will sit on the ground trembling with horror at your destruction.

Daniel 9:3

So I turned to the Lord God and pleaded with him in prayer and fasting. I also wore rough burlap and sprinkled myself with ashes.

Micah 1:10

Don’t tell our enemies in Gath; don’t weep at all. You people in Beth-leaphrah, roll in the dust to show your despair.

Matthew 11:21

“What sorrow awaits you, Korazin and Bethsaida! For if the miracles I did in you had been done in wicked Tyre and Sidon, their people would have repented of their sins long ago, clothing themselves in burlap and throwing ashes on their heads to show their remorse.

Luke 10:13

“What sorrow awaits you, Korazin and Bethsaida! For if the miracles I did in you had been done in wicked Tyre and Sidon, their people would have repented of their sins long ago, clothing themselves in burlap and throwing ashes on their heads to show their remorse.