Therefore I retract,
And I repent, sitting on dust and ashes.”

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Therefore I despise myself(A)
    and repent(B) in dust and ashes.”(C)

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26 Daughter of my people, (A)put on sackcloth
And (B)roll in ashes;
[a](C)Mourn as for an only son,
A most bitter mourning.
For suddenly the destroyer
Will come against us.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 6:26 Lit Make for yourself mourning

26 Put on sackcloth,(A) my people,
    and roll in ashes;(B)
mourn with bitter wailing(C)
    as for an only son,(D)
for suddenly the destroyer(E)
    will come upon us.

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30 And they will (A)make their voice heard over you
And cry out bitterly.
They will (B)throw dust on their heads,
They will (C)wallow in ashes.

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30 They will raise their voice
    and cry bitterly over you;
they will sprinkle dust(A) on their heads
    and roll(B) in ashes.(C)

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When the word reached the king of Nineveh, he got up from his throne, removed his robe from himself, (A)covered himself with sackcloth, and sat on the [a]dust.

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Footnotes

  1. Jonah 3:6 Or ashes

When Jonah’s warning reached the king of Nineveh, he rose from his throne, took off his royal robes, covered himself with sackcloth and sat down in the dust.(A)

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