Esther 4:3 Cross References

Esther 4:3

3: And as news of the king's decree reached all the provinces, there was great mourning among the Jews. They fasted, wept, and wailed, and many people lay in sackcloth and ashes.

Daniel 9:3

  1. So I turned to the Lord God and pleaded with him in prayer and fasting. I wore rough sackcloth and sprinkled myself with ashes.

Isaiah 22:12

  1. The Lord, the LORD Almighty, called you to weep and mourn. He told you to shave your heads in sorrow for your sins and to wear clothes of sackcloth to show your remorse.

Isaiah 58:5

  1. You humble yourselves by going through the motions of penance, bowing your heads like a blade of grass in the wind. You dress in sackcloth and cover yourselves with ashes. Is this what you call fasting? Do you really think this will please the LORD?

Isaiah 22:4

  1. Leave me alone to weep; do not try to comfort me. Let me cry for my people as I watch them being destroyed.

Isaiah 37:1

  1. When King Hezekiah heard their report, he tore his clothes and put on sackcloth and went into the Temple of the LORD to pray.
  2. And he sent Eliakim the palace administrator, Shebna the court secretary, and the leading priests, all dressed in sackcloth, to the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz.
  3. They told him, "This is what King Hezekiah says: This is a day of trouble, insult, and disgrace. It is like when a child is ready to be born, but the mother has no strength to deliver it.

Esther 3:12

  1. On April 17 Haman called in the king's secretaries and dictated letters to the princes, the governors of the respective provinces, and the local officials of each province in their own scripts and languages. These letters were signed in the name of King Xerxes, sealed with his ring,

Matthew 22:13

  1. Then the king said to his aides, 'Bind him hand and foot and throw him out into the outer darkness, where there is weeping and gnashing of teeth.'

Matthew 13:42

  1. and they will throw them into the furnace and burn them. There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

1 Samuel 4:13

  1. Eli was waiting beside the road to hear the news of the battle, for his heart trembled for the safety of the Ark of God. When the messenger arrived and told what had happened, an outcry resounded throughout the town.
  2. "What is all the noise about?" Eli asked. The messenger rushed over to Eli,

Matthew 25:30

  1. Now throw this useless servant into outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.'

Esther 4:16

  1. "Go and gather together all the Jews of Susa and fast for me. Do not eat or drink for three days, night or day. My maids and I will do the same. And then, though it is against the law, I will go in to see the king. If I must die, I am willing to die."

1 Samuel 11:4

  1. When the messengers came to Gibeah, Saul's hometown, and told the people about their plight, everyone broke into tears.

Esther 1:1

  1. This happened in the days of King Xerxes, who reigned over 127 provinces stretching from India to Ethiopia.
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