In every province to which the king’s command and edict came, there was great mourning among the Jews. They fasted, wept, and lamented, and many lay in sackcloth and ashes.
On that day the Lord GOD of Hosts called for weeping and wailing, for shaven heads and the wearing of sackcloth.
So I turned my attention to the Lord God to seek Him by prayer and petition, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes.
On the thirteenth day of the first month, the royal scribes were summoned and the order was written exactly as Haman com
Therefore I said, “Turn away from me, let me weep bitterly! Do not try to console me over the destruction of the daughte
On hearing this report, King Hezekiah tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and entered the house of the LORD.
Is this the fast I have chosen: a day for a man to deny himself, to bow his head like a reed, and to spread out sackclot
“Go and assemble all the Jews who can be found in Susa, and fast for me. Do not eat or drink for three days, night or da
And throw that worthless servant into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’
And they will throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
When he arrived, there was Eli, sitting on his chair beside the road and watching, because his heart trembled for the ar
Then the king told the servants, ‘Tie him hand and foot, and throw him into the outer darkness, where there will be weep
This is what happened in the days of Xerxes, who reigned over 127 provinces from India to Cush.
When the messengers came to Gibeah of Saul and relayed these words in the hearing of the people, they all wept aloud.