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Isaiah 22:12

RepentanceGrief

10 You counted the houses of Jerusalem and tore them down to strengthen the wall.

11 You built a reservoir between the walls for the waters of the ancient pool, but you did not look to the One who made it, or consider Him who planned it long ago.

On that day the Lord GOD of Hosts called for weeping and wailing, for shaven heads and the wearing of sackcloth.

13 But look, there is joy and gladness, butchering of cattle and slaughtering of sheep, eating of meat and drinking of wine: “Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!”

14 The LORD of Hosts has revealed in my hearing: “Until your dying day, this sin of yours will never be atoned for,” says the Lord GOD of Hosts.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
On that day the Lord GOD of Hosts called for weeping and wailing, for shaven heads and the wearing of sackcloth.
KJV
And in that day did the Lord GOD of hosts call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth:
WEB
In that day, the Lord, GOD of Armies, called to weeping, to mourning, to baldness, and to dressing in sackcloth;
ASV
And in that day did the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth:
DARBY
And in that day did the Lord Jehovah of hosts call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth;
BLB
And the Lord YHWH of Hosts called on that day for weeping, and for wailing, and for baldness, and for girding [with] sackcloth.
ÅB
Herren, Israels Gud, hærskarenes Gud, kaller dere den dag til gråt og veklage og til å rake hodet og binde sekk om dere.
OTB
Den dagen kalte Herren, hærskarenes Gud, dere til gråt, klage, barbere hodet og bære sekkestrie.
B1930
Herren, Israels Gud, hærskarenes Gud, kaller eder den dag til gråt og veklage og til å rake hodet og binde sekk om eder.

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Cross references

  • Micah 1:16

    Shave yourselves bald and cut off your hair in mourning for your precious children; make yourselves as bald as an eagle, for they will go from you into exile.

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  • Joel 1:13

    Put on sackcloth and lament, O priests; wail, O ministers of the altar. Come, spend the night in sackcloth, O ministers of my God, because the grain and drink offerings are withheld from the house of your God.

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  • Joel 2:17

    Let the priests who minister before the LORD weep between the portico and the altar, saying, “Spare Your people, O LORD, and do not make Your heritage a reproach, an object of scorn among the nations. Why should they say among the peoples, ‘Where is their God?’”

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  • Amos 8:10

    I will turn your feasts into mourning and all your songs into lamentation. I will cause everyone to wear sackcloth and every head to be shaved. I will make it like a time of mourning for an only son, and its outcome like a bitter day.

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  • Ecclesiastes 3:4

    a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance,

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  • James 5:1

    Come now, you who are rich, weep and wail over the misery to come upon you.

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  • Jonah 3:6

    When word reached the king of Nineveh, he got up from his throne, took off his royal robe, covered himself with sackcloth, and sat in ashes.

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  • Job 1:20

    Then Job stood up, tore his robe, and shaved his head. He fell to the ground and worshiped,

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