Jonah 3:6 References

6 When the word reached the king of Nineveh, he arose from his throne, laid aside his robe from him, acovered himself with sackcloth and sat on the ashes.

a Esther 4:1-4, Jeremiah 6:26, Ezekiel 27:30, Ezekiel 27:31


Esther 4

1 When Mordecai learned aall that had been done, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth and ashes, and went out into the midst of the city and wailed loudly and bitterly.
2 He went as far as the king's gate, for no one was to enter the king's gate clothed in sackcloth.
3 In each and every province where the command and decree of the king came, there was great mourning among the Jews, with afasting, weeping and wailing; and many lay on sackcloth and ashes.
4 Then Esther's maidens and her eunuchs came and told her, and the queen writhed in great anguish. And she sent garments to clothe Mordecai that he might remove his sackcloth from him, but he did not accept them.

Jeremiah 6

26 O daughter of my people, aput on sackcloth And broll in ashes; cMourn as for an only son, A lamentation most bitter. For suddenly the destroyer Will come upon us.

Ezekiel 27

30 And they will amake their voice heard over you And will cry bitterly. They will bcast dust on their heads, They will cwallow in ashes.

Ezekiel 27

31 "Also they will make themselves abald for you And bgird themselves with sackcloth; And they will cweep for you in bitterness of soul With bitter mourning.