Ezr 9:3-4, Neh 1:4, Isa 47:1 | ESV | STEP | As soon as I heard this , I tore my garment and my cloak and pulled hair from my head and beard and sat appalled .

Ezra 9:3-4

3 As soon as I heard this, I ^atore my garment and my cloak and pulled hair from my head and beard and ^bsat appalled. 4 Then all who ^ctrembled at the words of the God of Israel, because of the faithlessness of the returned exiles, gathered around me while I sat ^dappalled until the evening sacrifice.

Nehemiah 1:4

Nehemiah’s Prayer

4 As soon as I heard these words I ^esat down and wept and mourned for days, and I continued fasting and praying before the ^fGod of heaven.

Isaiah 47:1

The Humiliation of Babylon

1 ^gCome down and sit in the dust,
O virgin ^hdaughter of Babylon;
ⁱsit on the ground without a throne,
O daughter of ^jthe Chaldeans!
^kFor you shall no more be called
tender and delicate.