Esther 4:1-3

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Esther 4:1-3 New International Version (NIV)

Mordecai Persuades Esther to Help

4 When Mordecai learned of all that had been done, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth and ashes, and went out into the city, wailing loudly and bitterly. ²But he went only as far as the king’s gate, because no one clothed in sackcloth was allowed to enter it. ³In every province to which the edict and order of the king came, there was great mourning among the Jews, with fasting, weeping and wailing. Many lay in sackcloth and ashes.

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Job 2:8

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Job 2:8 New International Version (NIV)

⁸Then Job took a piece of broken pottery and scraped himself with it as he sat among the ashes.

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Job 2:13

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Job 2:13 New International Version (NIV)

¹³Then they sat on the ground with him for seven days and seven nights. No one said a word to him, because they saw how great his suffering was.

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Ezekiel 27:30-31

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Ezekiel 27:30-31 New International Version (NIV)

³⁰They will raise their voice
    and cry bitterly over you;
they will sprinkle dust on their heads
    and roll in ashes.
³¹They will shave their heads because of you
    and will put on sackcloth.
They will weep over you with anguish of soul
    and with bitter mourning.