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The prophet lifted the corpse of the man of God and put it on the donkey and brought it back to the town where he lived to hold mourning for him and bury him. (1 Kings 13, 29)
He laid the corpse in his own tomb, and they raised the mourning cry for him, 'Alas, my brother!' (1 Kings 13, 30)
So his retainers lifted him out of his own chariot, transferred him to one which he had in reserve and brought him to Jerusalem, where he died and was buried in the tombs of his ancestors. All Judah and Jerusalem held mourning for Josiah. (2 Chronicles 35, 24)
Ezra then left his place in front of the Temple of God and went to the room of Jehohanan son of Eliashib, where he spent the night without eating food or drinking water, because he was still mourning over the exiles' infidelity. (Ezra 10, 6)
remembering the words of the prophet Amos concerning Bethel: I shall turn your festivals into mourning and all your singing into lamentation. (Tobit 2, 6)
And in every province, no sooner had the royal command and edict arrived, than among the Jews there was great mourning, fasting, weeping and wailing, and many lay on sackcloth and ashes. (Esther 4, 3)
(a) On the third day, when she had finished praying, she took off her suppliant's mourning attire and dressed herself in her full splendour. Radiant as she then appeared, she invoked God who watches over all people and saves them. With her, she took two ladies-in-waiting. With a delicate air she learned on one, while the other accompanied her carrying her train. Rosy with the full flush of her beauty, her face radiated joy and love: but her heart shrank with hear. Having passed through door after door, she found herself in the presence of the king. He was sitting on his royal throne, dressed in all his robes of state, glittering with gold and precious stones-- a formidable sight. He looked up, afire with majesty and, blazing with anger, saw her. The queen sank to the floor. As she fainted, the colour drained from her face and her head fell against the lady-in-waiting beside her. But God changed the king's heart, inducing a milder spirit. He sprang from his throne in alarm and took her in his arms until she recovered, comforting her with soothing words. 'What is the matter, Esther?' he said. 'I am your brother. Take heart, you are not going to die; our order applies only to ordinary people. Come to me.' (Esther 5, 1)
as the days on which the Jews had rid themselves of their enemies, and the month in which their sorrow had been turned into gladness, and mourning into a holiday. He therefore told them to keep these as days of festivity and gladness when they were to exchange presents and make gifts to the poor. (Esther 9, 22)
You have turned my mourning into dancing, you have stripped off my sackcloth and clothed me with joy. (Psalms 30, 11)
as if for a friend or brother; I had wandered restless, as if mourning a mother, so bowed had I been in sorrow. (Psalms 35, 14)
I shall say to God, my rock, 'Why have you forgotten me? Why must I go around in mourning, harrassed by the enemy?' (Psalms 42, 9)
For you are the God of my strength; why abandon me? Why must I go around in mourning, harrassed by the enemy? (Psalms 43, 2)
