TSK · Esther 4:1

Then Jacob tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and mourned for his son many days.

David then grabbed his own clothes and tore them, as did all the men who were with him.

Then Haman said to King Ahasuerus,“There is a particular people that is dispersed and spread among the inhabitants throughout all the provinces of your kingdom whose laws differ from those of all other peoples. Furthermore, they do not observe the king’s laws. It is not appropriate for the king to provide a haven for them.

Then Job got up and tore his robe. He shaved his head, and then he threw himself down with his face to the ground.

Therefore I despise myself, and I repent in dust and ashes!

So I say:“Don’t look at me! I am weeping bitterly. Don’t try to console me concerning the destruction of my defenseless people.”

Eliakim the palace supervisor, Shebna the scribe, and the leading priests, clothed in sackcloth, sent this message to the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz:

“And you, son of man, groan with an aching heart and bitterness; groan before their eyes.

They will lament loudly over you and cry bitterly. They will throw dust on their heads and roll in the ashes;

When Jonah began to enter the city one day’s walk, he announced,“At the end of forty days, Nineveh will be overthrown!”

For this reason I will mourn and wail; I will walk around barefoot and without my outer garments. I will howl like a wild dog, and screech like an owl.

“Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! If the miracles done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.

because in a single hour such great wealth has been destroyed!” And every ship’s captain, and all who sail along the coast– seamen, and all who make their living from the sea, stood a long way off