Then Jacob tore his garments, and put sackcloth on his loins, and mourned for his son many days.
2 Kings 22:11 - New Revised Standard Version Catholic Interconfessional When the king heard the words of the book of the law, he tore his clothes. Higit pang mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the book of the law, that he rent his clothes. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And when the king heard the words of the Book of the Law, he rent his clothes. American Standard Version (1901) And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the book of the law, that he rent his clothes. Common English Bible As soon as the king heard what the Instruction scroll said, he ripped his clothes. Catholic Public Domain Version and the king had heard the words of the book of the law of the Lord, he tore his garments. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And the king had heard the words of the law of the Lord: he rent his garments. |
Then Jacob tore his garments, and put sackcloth on his loins, and mourned for his son many days.
Shaphan the secretary informed the king, “The priest Hilkiah has given me a book.” Shaphan then read it aloud to the king.
because your heart was penitent, and you humbled yourself before the Lord, when you heard how I spoke against this place, and against its inhabitants, that they should become a desolation and a curse, and because you have torn your clothes and wept before me, I also have heard you, says the Lord.
My flesh trembles for fear of you, and I am afraid of your judgments.
All these things my hand has made, and so all these things are mine, says the Lord. But this is the one to whom I will look, to the humble and contrite in spirit, who trembles at my word.
When they heard all the words, they turned to one another in alarm, and said to Baruch, “We certainly must report all these words to the king.”
Yet neither the king, nor any of his servants who heard all these words, was alarmed, nor did they tear their garments.
rend your hearts and not your clothing. Return to the Lord, your God, for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love, and relents from punishing.
Thus says the Lord: For three transgressions of Judah, and for four, I will not revoke the punishment; because they have rejected the law of the Lord, and have not kept his statutes, but they have been led astray by the same lies after which their ancestors walked.
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.