THEOSISEsther 4:1Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
Now when Mardochai had heard these things, he rent his garments, and put on sackcloth, strewing ashes on his head and he cried with a loud voice in the street in the midst of the city, shewing the anguish of his mind.
וּמָרְדֳּכַ֗י יָדַע֙ אֶת־כָּל־אֲשֶׁ֣ר נַעֲשָׂ֔ה וַיִּקְרַ֤ע מָרְדֳּכַי֙ אֶת־בְּגָדָ֔יו וַיִּלְבַּ֥שׁ שַׂ֖ק וָאֵ֑פֶר וַיֵּצֵא֙ בְּת֣וֹךְ הָעִ֔יר וַיִּזְעַ֛ק זְעָקָ֥ה גְדֹלָ֖ה וּמָרָֽה׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Dan 9:3And I set my face to the Lord, my God, to pray and make supplication with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes.
- 2 Sam 1:11Then David took hold of his garments and rent them, and likewise all the men that were with him.
- Job 42:6Therefore I reprehend myself, and do penance in dust and ashes.
- 2 Sam 13:19And she put ashes on her head, and rent her long robe and laid her hands upon her head, and went on crying.
- Ezek 27:30And they shall mourn over thee with a loud voice and shall cry bitterly: and they shall cast up dust upon their heads and shall be sprinkled with ashes.
- Ezek 27:31And they shall shave themselves bald for thee, and shall be girded with haircloth: and they shall weep for thee with bitterness of soul, with most bitter weeping.
- Rev 18:17For in one hour are so great riches come to nought. And every shipmaster and all that sail into the lake, and mariners, and as many as work in the sea, stood afar off,
- Rev 18:19And they cast dust upon their heads and cried, weeping and mourning, saying: Alas! alas! that great city, wherein all were made rich, that had ships at sea, by reason of her prices. For, in one hour she is made desolate.