Gen 21:16, 37:34, Jos 7:6, 2Sa 12:16-17, Est 4:1-2, Job 2:13, Isa 47:1 | ESV | STEP | Then she went and sat down opposite him a good way off , about the distance of a bowshot , for she said , Let me not look on the death of the child . And as she sat opposite him, she lifted up her voice and wept .

Genesis 21:16

16 Then she went and sat down opposite him a good way off, about the distance of a bowshot, for she said, “Let me not look on the death of the child.” And as she sat opposite him, she lifted up her voice and wept.

Genesis 37:34

34 Then Jacob tore his garments and put sackcloth on his loins and mourned for his son many days.

Joshua 7:6

6 Then Joshua ^atore his clothes and ^bfell to the earth on his face before the ark of the Lord until the evening, he and the elders of Israel. And they put ^cdust on their heads.

2 Samuel 12:16-17

16 David therefore sought God on behalf of the child. And David ^dfasted and went in ^eand lay all night on the ground. 17 And the elders of his house stood beside him, to raise him from the ground, but he would not, nor did he eat food with them.

Esther 4:1-2

Esther Agrees to Help the Jews

1 When Mordecai learned all that had been done, Mordecai tore his clothes ^fand put on sackcloth and ashes, and went out into the midst of the city, and he cried out with a loud and bitter cry. 2 He went up to the entrance of the king’s gate, for no one was allowed to enter the king’s gate clothed in sackcloth.

Job 2:13

13 And they sat with him on the ground ^gseven days and seven nights, and no one spoke a word to him, for they saw that his suffering was very great.

Isaiah 47:1

The Humiliation of Babylon

1 ^hCome down and sit in the dust,
O virgin ⁱdaughter of Babylon;
^jsit on the ground without a throne,
O daughter of ^kthe Chaldeans!
^lFor you shall no more be called
tender and delicate.