²⁹ Then Reuben returned to the pit, and behold, Joseph was not in the pit; so he ^(A)tore his garments.

³⁴ So Jacob ^(A)tore his clothes and put sackcloth on his loins and mourned for his son many days.

¹¹ Then ^(A)David took hold of his clothes and tore them, and so also did all the men who were with him.

²⁷ Now it happened when Ahab heard these words, that ^(A)he tore his clothes and put ^[a]on sackcloth and fasted, and he lay in sackcloth and went about ^[b]despondently.

Isaiah Tells Hezekiah Not to Be Afraid

19 ^(A)Now it happened that when King Hezekiah heard it, he ^(B)tore his clothes, ^(C)covered himself with sackcloth, and entered the house of Yahweh. ² Then he sent Eliakim who was over the household with Shebna the scribe and the elders of the priests, ^(D)covered with sackcloth, to ^(E)Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz.

¹¹ Now it happened that when the king heard the words of the book of the law, ^(A)he tore his clothes.

^19 (A)because your heart was soft and ^(B)you humbled yourself before Yahweh when you heard what I spoke against this place and against its inhabitants that they should become ^(C)an object of horror, and a ^(D)curse, and you have ^(E)torn your clothes and wept before Me, I truly have heard you,” declares Yahweh.

²² Then ^(A)Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who was over the household, and ^(B)Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph, the recorder, came to Hezekiah with their clothes torn and told him the words of Rabshakeh.

Hezekiah Seeks Isaiah’s Help

37 Now it happened that ^(C)when King Hezekiah heard it, he tore his clothes, covered himself with sackcloth, and entered the house of Yahweh.

⁶ Then the word reached the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, laid aside his mantle from him, ^(A)covered himself with sackcloth, and sat on the ^[a]ashes.