Esther 4:1-3
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Esther Agrees to Help the Jews
4 When Mordecai learned all that had happened, [a]he (A)tore his clothes and put on sackcloth (B)and ashes, and went out into the midst of the city. He (C)cried out with a loud and bitter cry. 2 He went as far as the front of the king’s gate, for no one might enter the king’s gate clothed with sackcloth. 3 And in every province where the king’s command and decree arrived, there was great mourning among the Jews, with fasting, weeping, and wailing; and many lay in sackcloth and ashes.
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- Esther 4:1 Lit. Mordecai
Job 2:8
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8 And he took for himself a potsherd with which to scrape himself (A)while he sat in the midst of the ashes.
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Job 2:13
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13 So they sat down with him on the ground (A)seven days and seven nights, and no one spoke a word to him, for they saw that his grief was very great.
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Ezekiel 27:30-31
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30 They will make their voice heard because of you;
They will cry bitterly and (A)cast dust on their heads;
They (B)will roll about in ashes;
31 They will (C)shave themselves completely bald because of you,
Gird themselves with sackcloth,
And weep for you
With bitterness of heart and bitter wailing.
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