Ezra 9:3
And when I heard this thing, I rent my garment and my mantle, and plucked off the hair of my head and of my beard, and sat down astonied.
Context
This verse from Ezra Chapter 9 connects to 10 cross-references. Officials inform Ezra that the returned Israelites, including priests and Levites, have intermarried with the surrounding peoples whose detestable practices the law forbids. Ezra tears his garments, pulls hair from his head and beard, and sits in shock until evening; …
Other Translations
And when I heard this thing, I rent my garment and my robe, and plucked off the hair of my head and of my beard, and sat down confounded.
And at my hearing this word, I have rent my garment and my upper robe, and pluck out of the hair of my head, and of my beard, and sit astonished,
And hearing this, with signs of grief and pulling out the hair of my head and my chin, I took my seat on the earth deeply troubled.
Cross References
And it came to pass, when king Hezekiah heard it, that he rent his clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, …
Then came Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, which was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son …
So they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven nights, and none spake a word unto …
And when they lifted up their eyes afar off, and knew him not, they lifted up their voice, and wept; …
Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped,
He is gone up to Bajith, and to Dibon, the high places, to weep: Moab shall howl over Nebo, and …
There shall be lamentation generally upon all the housetops of Moab, and in the streets thereof: for I have broken …
For every head shall be bald, and every beard clipped: upon all the hands shall be cuttings, and upon the …
Yet they were not afraid, nor rent their garments, neither the king, nor any of his servants that heard all …
Cut off thine hair, O Jerusalem, and cast it away, and take up a lamentation on high places; for the …