Jonah 3:6
And the word came to the king of Ninive; and he rose up out of his throne, and cast away his robe from him, and was clothed with sackcloth, and sat in ashes.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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Esther 4:1Now when Mardochai had heard these things, he rent his garments, and put on sackcloth, strewing ashes on his head: and he cried with a loud voice in the street in the midst of the city, shewing the anguish of his mind.
Job 2:8And he took a potsherd and scraped the corrupt matter, sitting on a dunghill.
Psalms 2:10And now, O ye kings, understand: receive instruction, you that judge the earth.
Jeremiah 13:18Say to the king, and to the queen: Humble yourselves, sit down: for the crown of your glory is come down from your head.
Lamentations 3:29Jod. He shall put his mouth in the dust, if so be there may be hope.
Daniel 9:3And I set my face to the Lord my God, to pray and make supplication with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes.
Matthew Henry on Jonah 3:6-10
Nineveh's Repentance. ( b. c. 840.) 5 So the people of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them. 6 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. 7 And he caused it to be proclaimed and published through Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles, saying, Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste any thing: let them not… Read the whole commentary →