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

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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

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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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

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