Jonah.3.6

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

Cross References

Esther 4:1

KJV

When Mordecai perceived all that was done, Mordecai rent his clothes, and put on sackcloth with ashes, and went out into the midst of the city, and cried with a loud and a bitter cry;

Mordecai Appeals to Esther

Esther Learns of Haman’s Plot

Job 2:8

KJV

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

Job Loses His Health

Isaiah 15:3

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In their streets they shall gird themselves with sackcloth: on the tops of their houses, and in their streets, every one shall howl, weeping abundantly.

The Burden against Moab

Jeremiah 6:26

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¶ 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

Jeremiah 36:24

KJV

Yet they were not afraid, nor rent their garments, neither the king, nor any of his servants that heard all these words.

Jehoiakim Burns the Scroll

Lamentations 2:10

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The elders of the daughter of Zion sit upon the ground, and keep silence: they have cast up dust upon their heads; they have girded themselves with sackcloth: the virgins of Jerusalem hang down their heads to the ground.

God’s Anger over Jerusalem

Ezekiel 26:16

KJV GOD

Then all the princes of the sea shall come down from their thrones, and lay away their robes, and put off their broidered garments: they shall clothe themselves with trembling; they shall sit upon the ground, and shall tremble at every moment, and be astonished at thee.

A Prophecy against Tyre

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

Ezekiel 27:31

KJV GOD

And they shall make themselves utterly bald for thee, and gird them with sackcloth, and they shall weep for thee with bitterness of heart and bitter wailing.