Verse 3

And in every province{H4082}, whithersoever{H4725} the king's{H4428} commandment{H1697} and his decree{H1881} came{H5060}{(H8688)}, there was great{H1419} mourning{H60} among the Jews{H3064}, and fasting{H6685}, and weeping{H1065}, and wailing{H4553}; and many{H7227} lay{H3331}{(H8714)} in sackcloth{H8242} and ashes{H665}.

Referenced Verses

  • Isa 58:5 : 5 Is it such a fast{H6685} that I have chosen{H977}{(H8799)}? a day{H3117} for a man{H120} to afflict{H6031}{(H8763)} his soul{H5315}? is it to bow down{H3721}{(H8800)} his head{H7218} as a bulrush{H100}, and to spread{H3331}{(H8686)} sackcloth{H8242} and ashes{H665} under him? wilt thou call{H7121}{(H8799)} this{H2088} a fast{H6685}, and an acceptable{H7522} day{H3117} to the LORD{H3068}?
  • Dan 9:3 : 3 And I set{H5414}{(H8799)} my face{H6440} unto the Lord{H136} God{H430}, to seek{H1245}{(H8763)} by prayer{H8605} and supplications{H8469}, with fasting{H6685}, and sackcloth{H8242}, and ashes{H665}:
  • Isa 22:4 : 4 Therefore said{H559}{(H8804)} I, Look away{H8159}{(H8798)} from me; I will weep{H1065} bitterly{H4843}{(H8762)}, labour{H213}{(H8686)} not to comfort{H5162}{(H8763)} me, because of the spoiling{H7701} of the daughter{H1323} of my people{H5971}.
  • Isa 22:12 : 12 And in that day{H3117} did the Lord{H136} GOD{H3069} of hosts{H6635} call{H7121}{(H8799)} to weeping{H1065}, and to mourning{H4553}, and to baldness{H7144}, and to girding{H2296}{(H8800)} with sackcloth{H8242}:
  • Isa 37:1-3 : 1 And it came to pass, when king{H4428} Hezekiah{H2396} heard{H8085}{(H8800)} it, that he rent{H7167}{(H8799)} his clothes{H899}, and covered{H3680}{(H8691)} himself with sackcloth{H8242}, and went{H935}{(H8799)} into the house{H1004} of the LORD{H3068}. 2 And he sent{H7971}{(H8799)} Eliakim{H471}, who was over the household{H1004}, and Shebna{H7644} the scribe{H5608}{(H8802)}, and the elders{H2205} of the priests{H3548} covered{H3680}{(H8693)} with sackcloth{H8242}, unto Isaiah{H3470} the prophet{H5030} the son{H1121} of Amoz{H531}. 3 And they said{H559}{(H8799)} unto him, Thus saith{H559}{(H8804)} Hezekiah{H2396}, This day{H3117} is a day{H3117} of trouble{H6869}, and of rebuke{H8433}, and of blasphemy{H5007}: for the children{H1121} are come{H935}{(H8804)} to the birth{H4866}, and there is not strength{H3581} to bring forth{H3205}{(H8800)}.
  • Matt 13:42 : 42 And{G2532} shall cast{G906}{(G5692)} them{G846} into{G1519} a furnace{G2575} of fire{G4442}: there{G1563} shall be{G2071}{(G5704)} wailing{G2805} and{G2532} gnashing{G1030} of teeth{G3599}.
  • Matt 22:13 : 13 Then{G5119} said{G2036}{(G5627)} the king{G935} to the servants{G1249}, Bind{G1210}{(G5660)} him{G846} hand{G5495} and{G2532} foot{G4228}, and take{G142} him{G846} away{G142}{(G5657)}, and{G2532} cast{G1544}{(G5628)} him into{G1519} outer{G1857} darkness{G4655}; there{G1563} shall be{G2071}{(G5704)} weeping{G2805} and{G2532} gnashing{G1030} of teeth{G3599}.
  • Matt 25:30 : 30 And{G2532} cast ye{G1544}{(G5720)} the unprofitable{G888} servant{G1401} into{G1519} outer{G1857} darkness{G4655}: there{G1563} shall be{G2071}{(G5704)} weeping{G2805} and{G2532} gnashing{G1030} of teeth{G3599}.
  • 1 Sam 4:13-14 : 13 And when he came{H935}{(H8799)}, lo, Eli{H5941} sat{H3427}{(H8802)} upon a seat{H3678} by the wayside{H1870}{H3027}{(H8675)}{H3197} watching{H6822}{(H8764)}: for his heart{H3820} trembled{H2730} for the ark{H727} of God{H430}. And when the man{H376} came{H935}{(H8802)} into the city{H5892}, and told{H5046}{(H8687)} it, all the city{H5892} cried out{H2199}{(H8799)}. 14 And when Eli{H5941} heard{H8085}{(H8799)} the noise{H6963} of the crying{H6818}, he said{H559}{(H8799)}, What meaneth the noise{H6963} of this tumult{H1995}? And the man{H376} came{H935}{(H8799)} in hastily{H4116}{(H8765)}, and told{H5046}{(H8686)} Eli{H5941}.
  • 1 Sam 11:4 : 4 Then came{H935}{(H8799)} the messengers{H4397} to Gibeah{H1390} of Saul{H7586}, and told{H1696}{(H8762)} the tidings{H1697} in the ears{H241} of the people{H5971}: and all the people{H5971} lifted up{H5375}{(H8799)} their voices{H6963}, and wept{H1058}{(H8799)}.
  • Esth 1:1 : 1 Now it came to pass in the days{H3117} of Ahasuerus{H325},(this is Ahasuerus{H325} which reigned{H4427}{(H8802)}, from India{H1912} even unto Ethiopia{H3568}, over an hundred{H3967} and seven{H7651} and twenty{H6242} provinces{H4082}:)
  • Esth 3:12 : 12 Then were the king's{H4428} scribes{H5608}{(H8802)} called{H7121}{(H8735)} on the thirteenth{H7969}{H6240} day{H3117} of the first{H7223} month{H2320}, and there was written{H3789}{(H8735)} according to all that Haman{H2001} had commanded{H6680}{(H8765)} unto the king's{H4428} lieutenants{H323}, and to the governors{H6346} that were over every province{H4082}, and to the rulers{H8269} of every people{H5971} of every province{H4082} according to the writing{H3791} thereof, and to every people{H5971} after their language{H3956}; in the name{H8034} of king{H4428} Ahasuerus{H325} was it written{H3789}{(H8737)}, and sealed{H2856}{(H8738)} with the king's{H4428} ring{H2885}.
  • Esth 4:16 : 16 Go{H3212}{(H8798)}, gather together{H3664}{(H8798)} all the Jews{H3064} that are present{H4672}{(H8737)} in Shushan{H7800}, and fast{H6684}{(H8798)} ye for me, and neither eat{H398}{(H8799)} nor drink{H8354}{(H8799)} three{H7969} days{H3117}, night{H3915} or day{H3117}: I also and my maidens{H5291} will fast{H6684}{(H8799)} likewise; and so{H3651} will I go{H935}{(H8799)} in unto the king{H4428}, which is not according to the law{H1881}: and if I perish{H6}{(H8804)}, I perish{H6}{(H8804)}.