Verse 3

In their streets{H2351} they gird{H2296} themselves with sackcloth;{H8242} on their housetops,{H1406} and in their broad{H7339} places, every one waileth,{H3213} weeping{H1065} abundantly.{H3381}

Referenced Verses

  • Jonah 3:6-8 : 6 And the tidings{H1697} reached{H5060} the king{H4428} of Nineveh,{H5210} and he arose{H6965} from his throne,{H3678} and laid{H5674} his robe{H155} from him, and covered{H3680} him with sackcloth,{H8242} and sat{H3427} in ashes.{H665} 7 And he made proclamation{H2199} and published{H559} through Nineveh{H5210} by the decree{H2940} of the king{H4428} and his nobles,{H1419} saying,{H559} Let neither man{H120} nor beast,{H929} herd{H1241} nor flock,{H6629} taste{H2938} anything;{H3972} let them not feed,{H7462} nor drink{H8354} water;{H4325} 8 but let them be covered{H3680} with sackcloth,{H8242} both man{H120} and beast,{H929} and let them cry{H7121} mightily{H2394} unto God:{H430} yea, let them turn{H7725} every one{H376} from his evil{H7451} way,{H1870} and from the violence{H2555} that is in his hands.{H3709}
  • Matt 11:21 : 21 Woe{G3759} unto thee,{G4671} Chorazin!{G5523} woe{G3759} unto thee,{G4671} Bethsaida!{G966} for{G3754} if{G1487} the mighty works{G1411} had been done{G1096} in{G1722} Tyre{G5184} and{G2532} Sidon{G4605} which were done{G1096} in{G1722} you,{G5213} they{G3340} would have{G302} repented{G3340} long ago{G3819} in{G1722} sackcloth{G4526} and{G2532} ashes.{G4700}
  • Deut 22:8 : 8 When thou buildest{H1129} a new{H2319} house,{H1004} then thou shalt make{H6213} a battlement{H4624} for thy roof,{H1406} that thou bring{H7760} not blood{H1818} upon thy house,{H1004} if any man{H5307} fall{H5307} from thence.
  • 2 Sam 3:31 : 31 And David{H1732} said{H559} to Joab,{H3097} and to all the people{H5971} that were with him, Rend{H7167} your clothes,{H899} and gird{H2296} you with sackcloth,{H8242} and mourn{H5594} before{H6440} Abner.{H74} And king{H4428} David{H1732} followed{H1980} the bier.{H4296}
  • 2 Kgs 6:30 : 30 And it came to pass, when the king{H4428} heard{H8085} the words{H1697} of the woman,{H802} that he rent{H7167} his clothes{H899} (now he was passing by{H5674} upon the wall);{H2346} and the people{H5971} looked,{H7200} and, behold, he had sackcloth{H8242} within{H1004} upon his flesh.{H1320}
  • Isa 15:2 : 2 They are gone up{H5927} to Bayith,{H1006} and to Dibon,{H1769} to the high places,{H1116} to weep:{H1065} Moab{H4124} waileth{H3213} over Nebo,{H5015} and over Medeba;{H4311} on all their heads{H7218} is baldness,{H7144} every beard{H2206} is cut off.{H1438}
  • Isa 22:1 : 1 The burden{H4853} of the valley{H1516} of vision.{H2384} What aileth thee now,{H645} that thou art wholly gone up{H5927} to the housetops?{H1406}
  • Isa 22:4 : 4 Therefore said{H559} I, Look away{H8159} from me, I will weep{H1065} bitterly;{H4843} labor{H213} not to comfort{H5162} me for the destruction{H7701} of the daughter{H1323} of my people.{H5971}
  • Jer 19:13 : 13 and the houses{H1004} of Jerusalem,{H3389} and the houses{H1004} of the kings{H4428} of Judah,{H3063} which are defiled,{H2931} shall be as the place{H4725} of Topheth,{H8612} even all the houses{H1004} upon whose roofs{H1406} they have burned incense{H6999} unto all the host{H6635} of heaven,{H8064} and have poured out{H5258} drink-offerings{H5262} unto other{H312} gods.{H430}
  • Jer 48:38-39 : 38 On all the housetops{H1406} of Moab{H4124} and in the streets{H7339} thereof there is lamentation{H4553} every where; for I have broken{H7665} Moab{H4124} like a vessel{H3627} wherein none delighteth,{H2656} saith{H5002} Jehovah.{H3068} 39 How is it broken down!{H2865} [how] do they wail!{H3213} how hath Moab{H4124} turned{H6437} the back{H6203} with shame!{H954} so shall Moab{H4124} become a derision{H7814} and a terror{H4288} to all that are round about{H5439} him.