Jer.6.26

Jeremiah 6:26

KJV

¶ O daughter of my people, gird thee with sackcloth, and wallow thyself in ashes: make thee mourning, as for an only son, most bitter lamentation: for the spoiler shall suddenly come upon us.

An Invasion from the North

Cross References

Genesis 21:16

KJV

And she went, and sat her down over against him a good way off, as it were a bowshot: for she said, Let me not see the death of the child. And she sat over against him, and lift up her voice, and wept.

Sarah Turns against Hagar

Job 2:8

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And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself withal; and he sat down among the ashes.

Job Loses His Health

Jeremiah 4:8

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For this gird you with sackcloth, lament and howl: for the fierce anger of the Lord is not turned back from us.

Disaster from the North

Jeremiah 9:1

KJV

Oh that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!

A Lament over Zion

Jeremiah 18:22

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Let a cry be heard from their houses, when thou shalt bring a troop suddenly upon them: for they have digged a pit to take me, and hid snares for my feet.

Another Plot against Jeremiah

Jeremiah 25:34

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¶ Howl, ye shepherds, and cry; and wallow yourselves in the ashes, ye principal of the flock: for the days of your slaughter and of your dispersions are accomplished; and ye shall fall like a pleasant vessel.

The Cry of the Shepherds

Lamentations 3:16

KJV

He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones, he hath covered me with ashes.

The Prophet’s Afflictions

Ezekiel 27:30

KJV GOD

And shall cause their voice to be heard against thee, and shall cry bitterly, and shall cast up dust upon their heads, they shall wallow themselves in the ashes:

A Lament for Tyre

Amos 8:10

KJV GOD

And I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; and I will bring up sackcloth upon all loins, and baldness upon every head; and I will make it as the mourning of an only son, and the end thereof as a bitter day.

The Basket of Summer Fruit

Jonah 3:6

KJV

For word came unto the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, and he laid his robe from him, and covered him with sackcloth, and sat in ashes.

The Ninevites Repent

Micah 1:10

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¶ Declare ye it not at Gath, weep ye not at all: in the house of Aphrah roll thyself in the dust.

Weeping and Mourning

Zechariah 12:10

KJV GOD Jesus Holy Spirit

And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the Spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn.