1Ki 21:27, 2Ki 19:1-2, 22:11-19, 2Ch 34:19-31, Isa 36:22-37:1, Jer 5:3 | ESV | STEP | And when Ahab heard those words , he tore his clothes and put sackcloth on his flesh and fasted and lay in sackcloth and went about dejectedly .

27 And when Ahab heard those words, he ^atore his clothes and ^bput sackcloth on his flesh and ^cfasted and lay in sackcloth and went about dejectedly.

2 Kings 19:1-2

Isaiah Reassures Hezekiah

1 ^dAs soon as King Hezekiah heard it, ^ehe tore his clothes and ^fcovered himself with sackcloth and went into the house of the Lord. 2 And he sent Eliakim, who was over the household, and Shebna the secretary, and the senior priests, ^gcovered with sackcloth, to the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz.

2 Kings 22:11-19

11 When the king heard the words of the Book of the Law, ^hhe tore his clothes. 12 And the king commanded Hilkiah the priest, and ⁱAhikam the son of Shaphan, and ^jAchbor the son of ^kMicaiah, and Shaphan the secretary, and Asaiah the king’s servant, saying, 13 “Go, inquire of the Lord for me, and for the people, and for all Judah, concerning the words of this book that has been found. For great is ^lthe wrath of the Lord that is kindled against us, because our fathers have not obeyed the words of this book, to do according to all that is written concerning us.”

14 So Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam, and Achbor, and Shaphan, and Asaiah went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of ^mTikvah, son of ⁿHarhas, keeper of the wardrobe (now she lived in Jerusalem in ^othe Second Quarter), and they talked with her. 15 And she said to them, “Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: ‘Tell the man who sent you to me, 16 Thus says the Lord, Behold, I will bring disaster upon this place and upon its inhabitants, all the words of the book that the king of Judah has read. 17 ^pBecause they have forsaken me and have made offerings to other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the work of their hands, therefore ^qmy wrath will be kindled against this place, and it will not be quenched. 18 But to the king of Judah, who sent you to inquire of the Lord, thus shall you say to him, Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: Regarding the words that you have heard, 19 ^rbecause your heart was penitent, and you ^shumbled yourself before the Lord, when you heard how I spoke against this place and against its inhabitants, that they should become ^ta desolation and ^ua curse, and you ^vhave torn your clothes and wept before me, I also have heard you, declares the Lord.

2 Chronicles 34:19-31

19 And when the king heard the words of the Law, ^whe tore his clothes. 20 And the king commanded Hilkiah, Ahikam the son of Shaphan, Abdon the son of Micah, Shaphan the secretary, and Asaiah the king’s servant, saying, 21 “Go, inquire of the Lord for me and for those who are left in Israel and in Judah, concerning the words of the book that has been found. For great is ^xthe wrath of the Lord that is poured out on us, because our fathers have not kept the word of the Lord, to do according to all that is written in this book.”

Huldah Prophesies Disaster

22 So Hilkiah and those whom the king had sent ^{▼▼Syriac, Vulgate; Hebrew lacks had sent} went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tokhath, son of Hasrah, keeper of the wardrobe (now she lived in Jerusalem in the Second Quarter) and spoke to her to that effect. 23 And she said to them, “Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: ‘Tell the man who sent you to me, 24 Thus says the Lord, Behold, I will bring disaster upon this place and upon its inhabitants, all the curses that are written in the book that was read before the king of Judah. 25 Because they have forsaken me and ^zhave made offerings to other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the works of their hands, therefore ^aamy wrath will be poured out on this place and will not be quenched. 26 But to the king of Judah, who sent you to inquire of the Lord, thus shall you say to him, Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: Regarding the words that you have heard, 27 because your heart was tender and you humbled yourself before God when you heard his words against this place and its inhabitants, and you have humbled yourself before me and have torn your clothes and wept before me, I also have heard you, declares the Lord. 28 Behold, I will gather you to your fathers, and you shall be gathered to your grave in peace, and your eyes shall not see all the disaster that I will bring upon this place and its inhabitants.’” And they brought back word to the king.

29 ^abThen the king sent and gathered together all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem. 30 And the king went up to the house of the Lord, with all the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem and the priests and the Levites, all the people both great and small. And he read in their hearing all the words of the Book of the Covenant that had been found in the house of the Lord. 31 And the king ^acstood in his place ^adand made a covenant before the Lord, to walk after the Lord and to keep his commandments and his testimonies and his statutes, with all his heart and all his soul, to perform the words of the covenant that were written in this book.

Isaiah 36:22

22 ^aeThen Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who was over the household, and Shebna the secretary, and Joah the son of Asaph, the recorder, came to Hezekiah with their clothes torn, and told him the words of the Rabshakeh.

Isaiah 37:1

Hezekiah Seeks Isaiah’s Help

1 ^afAs soon as King Hezekiah heard it, he tore his clothes and covered himself with sackcloth and went into the house of the Lord.

Jeremiah 5:3

3 O Lord, do not your eyes look for truth?
^agYou have struck them down,
but they felt no anguish;
you have consumed them,
but they refused to take correction.
^ahThey have made their faces harder than rock;
they have refused to repent.