24 Instead of fragrance there will be a stench; instead of a belt, a rope; instead of styled hair, baldness; instead of fine clothing, sackcloth; instead of beauty, shame.
Isaiah 3:24
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Psalms of Solomon 2:20–22
20 For the nations reproached Jerusalem, trampling it down; Her beauty was dragged down from the throne of glory. (PSS) 21 She girded on sackcloth instead of comely raiment, A rope was about her head instead of a crown. (PSS) 22 She put off the glorious diadem which God had set upo… (PSS)
Greek Esther 4:29–31
29 And queen Esther took refuge in the Lord, being taken as it were in the agony of death. (WEB) 30 Having taken off her glorious apparel, she put on garments of distress and mourning. Instead of grand perfumes she filled her head with ashes and dung. She greatly humbled… (WEB) 31 … (WEB)
Ezekiel 7:17–19
17 Every hand will go limp, and every knee will turn to water. 18 They will put on sackcloth, and terror will overwhelm them. Shame will cover all their faces, and all their heads will be shaved. 19 They will throw their silver into the streets, and their gold will seem…
Isaiah 3:16–18
16 The LORD also says: “Because the daughters of Zion are haughty— walking with heads held high and wanton eyes, prancing and skipping as they go, jingling the bracelets on their ankles— 17 the Lord will bring sores on the heads of the daughters of Zion, and the LOR…
Jeremiah 48:36–38
36 Therefore My heart laments like a flute for Moab; it laments like a flute for the men of Kir-heres, because the wealth they acquired has perished. 37 For every head is shaved and every beard is clipped; on every hand is a gash, and around every waist is sackcloth.
Greek Esther 14:1–3
1 Queen Esther also, being in fear of death, resorted unto the Lord: (KJV) 2 And laid away her glorious apparel, and put on the garments of anguish and mourning: and instead of precious ointments, she covered her head with ashes and dung, and she humbled her body greatl… (KJV)
Jeremiah 4:29–31
29 Every city flees at the sound of the horseman and archer. They enter the thickets and climb among the rocks. Every city is abandoned; no inhabitant is left. 30 And you, O devastated one, what will you do, though you dress yourself in scarlet, though you adorn you…
2 Baruch 48:34–36
34 And there shall be many rumours and tidings not a few, And the doings of phantasmata shall be manifest, And promises not a few be recounted. Some of them (shall prove) idle, And some of them shall be confirmed. (2BA) 35 And honour shall be turned into shame, And streng… (2BA)
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