⁸ He took for himself a potsherd to scrape himself with, and he sat among the ashes.

⁶ Therefore I abhor myself, And repent in dust and ashes."

⁶ The news reached the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, and took off his royal robe, covered himself with sackcloth, and sat in ashes.

³⁰ and shall cause their voice to be heard over you, and shall cry bitterly, and shall cast up dust on their heads, they shall wallow themselves in the ashes:

²¹ "Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the mighty works had been done in Tyre and Sidon which were done in you, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.

²⁰ A certain beggar, named Lazarus, was laid at his gate, full of sores,

²¹ and desiring to be fed with the crumbs that fell from the rich man's table. Yes, even the dogs came and licked his sores.

²⁶ Daughter of my people, gird you with sackcloth, and wallow yourself in ashes: make you mourning, as for an only son, most bitter lamentation; for the destroyer shall suddenly come on us.

³ to appoint to those who mourn in Zion, to give to them a garland for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they may be called trees of righteousness, the planting of Yahweh, that he may be glorified.

⁷ For my loins are filled with burning. There is no soundness in my flesh.

⁵ My wounds are loathsome and corrupt, Because of my foolishness.

¹⁴ My relatives have gone away. My familiar friends have forgotten me.

¹⁵ Those who dwell in my house, and my maids, count me for a stranger. I am an alien in their sight.

¹⁶ I call to my servant, and he gives me no answer; I beg him with my mouth.

¹⁷ My breath is offensive to my wife. I am loathsome to the children of my own mother.

¹⁹ Tamar put ashes on her head, and tore her garment of various colors that was on her; and she laid her hand on her head, and went her way, crying aloud as she went.