Ezra 9:3

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

When I heard this, I tore my garment and my mantle and pulled hair from my head and beard and sat appalled.

Cross References

2 Samuel 1:11

Then David took hold of his clothes and tore them, and all the men who were with him did the same.

2 Kings 18:37

Then Eliakim son of Hilkiah, who was in charge of the palace, and Shebna the secretary, and Joah son of Asaph, the recorder, came to Hezekiah with their clothes torn and told him the words of the Rabshakeh.

Nehemiah 1:4

When I heard these words, I sat down and wept and mourned for days, fasting and praying before the God of heaven.

Nehemiah 13:25

And I contended with them and cursed them and beat some of the men and pulled out their hair, and I made them take an oath in the name of God, saying, “You shall not give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons or for yourselves.

Job 1:20

Then Job arose, tore his robe, shaved his head, and fell on the ground and worshiped.

Psalm 119:53

Hot indignation seizes me because of the wicked, those who forsake your law.

Psalm 143:4

Therefore my spirit faints within me; my heart within me is appalled.

Psalm 66:3

Say to God, “How awesome are your deeds! Because of your great power, your enemies cringe before you.

Isaiah 15:2

Daughter Dibon has gone up to the high places to weep; over Nebo and over Medeba Moab wails. Every head is shaved; every beard is shorn;

Jeremiah 36:24

Yet neither the king nor any of his servants who heard all these words was alarmed, nor did they tear their garments.

Jeremiah 7:29

Cut off your hair and throw it away; raise a lamentation on the bare heights, for the Lord has rejected and forsaken the generation that provoked his wrath.

Ezekiel 3:15

I came to the exiles at Tel-abib, who lived by the River Chebar. And I sat there among them, stunned, for seven days.

Ezekiel 7:18

They shall put on sackcloth; horror shall cover them. Shame shall be on all faces, baldness on all their heads.

Daniel 4:19

Then Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, was severely distressed for a while. His thoughts terrified him. The king said, “Belteshazzar, do not let the dream or the interpretation terrify you.” Belteshazzar answered, “My lord, may the dream be for those who hate you and its interpretation for your enemies!

Daniel 8:27

So I, Daniel, was overcome and lay sick for some days; then I arose and went about the king’s business. But I was dismayed by the vision and did not understand it.

Leviticus 21:5

They shall not make bald spots upon their heads or shave off the edges of their beards or make any gashes in their flesh.

Micah 1:16

Make yourselves bald and cut off your hair for your pampered children; make yourselves as bald as the eagle, for they have gone from you into exile.

Joshua 7:6

Then Joshua tore his clothes and fell to the ground on his face before the ark of the Lord until the evening, he and the elders of Israel, and they put dust on their heads.