Therefore I despise myself, and I repent in dust and ashes!

因此我厌恶自己，在尘土和炉灰中懊悔。”

因此我撤回，在尘土和炉灰中懊悔。”

因此我撤回，在尘土和炉灰中懊悔。”

因此我厌恶自己，在尘土和炉灰中忏悔。”

因此我厌恶自己，在尘土和灰烬中懊悔。”

因此我厭惡自己，在塵土和爐灰中懊悔。

因此我撤回，在塵土和爐灰中懊悔。」

因此我撤回，在塵土和爐灰中懊悔。」

因此我厭惡自己，在塵土和爐灰中懺悔。」

因此我厭惡自己，在塵土和灰燼中懊悔。”

因此我溶化為無有了；我在塵土和爐灰中懊悔着。』

故我自憾、在於灰塵、而自悔焉、○

故我自憾、坐於塗炭、旋有悔心。○

故我自厭、坐於塗炭塗炭原文作灰塵而自悔、○

Therefore I despise myself and repent in dust and ashes.”

So I hate myself. I’m really sorry for what I said about you. That’s why I’m sitting in dust and ashes.”

therefore I despise myself, and repent in dust and ashes.”

I take back everything I said, and I sit in dust and ashes to show my repentance.”

Therefore, I reject my words and am sorry for them; I am dust and ashes.

Therefore I retract, And I repent, sitting on dust and ashes.”

Therefore I abhor myself, And repent in dust and ashes.”

Wherefore I abhor myself, And repent in dust and ashes.

Therefore I take back my words and repent in dust and ashes.

Wherefore I abhor[ myself], and repent in dust and ashes.

Therefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.”

I prayed,“ O my God, I am ashamed and embarrassed to lift my face to you, my God! For our iniquities have climbed higher than our heads, and our guilt extends to the heavens.

even though I was formerly a blasphemer and a persecutor, and an arrogant man. But I was treated with mercy because I acted ignorantly in unbelief,and our Lord’s grace was abundant, bringing faith and love in Christ Jesus.This saying is trustworthy and deserves full acceptance:“ Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners”– and I am the worst of them!But here is why I was treated with mercy: so that in me as the worst, Christ Jesus could demonstrate his utmost patience, as an example for those who are going to believe in him for eternal life.

He has flung me into the mud, and I have come to resemble dust and ashes.

Then Job answered the LORD:“ Indeed, I am completely unworthy– how could I reply to you? I put my hand over my mouth to silence myself.

So I turned my attention to the Lord God to implore him by prayer and requests, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes.

Job took a shard of broken pottery to scrape himself with while he was sitting among the ashes.

Now I will inform you what I am about to do to my vineyard: I will remove its hedge and turn it into pasture, I will break its wall and allow animals to graze there.

When the news reached the king of Nineveh, he got up from his throne, took off his royal robe, put on sackcloth, and sat on ashes.He issued a proclamation and said,“ In Nineveh, by the decree of the king and his nobles: No human or animal, cattle or sheep, is to taste anything; they must not eat and they must not drink water.Every person and animal must put on sackcloth and must cry earnestly to God, and everyone must turn from their evil way of living and from the violence that they do.Who knows? Perhaps God might be willing to change his mind and relent and turn from his fierce anger so that we might not die.”When God saw their actions– they turned from their evil way of living!– God relented concerning the judgment he had threatened them with and he did not destroy them.

“ Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.

The sacrifices God desires are a humble spirit– O God, a humble and repentant heart you will not reject.

For after we turned away from you we repented. After we came to our senses we beat our breasts in sorrow. We are ashamed and humiliated because of the disgraceful things we did previously.’

When Ahab heard these words, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and fasted. He slept in sackcloth and walked around dejected.

Last of all, as though to one born at the wrong time, he appeared to me also.For I am the least of the apostles, unworthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.

“ Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! If the miracles done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.

I will get up and go to my father and say to him,“ Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you.I am no longer worthy to be called your son; treat me like one of your hired workers.”’

Then you will remember, be ashamed, and remain silent when I make atonement for all you have done, declares the sovereign LORD.’”

And there you will remember your conduct and all your deeds by which you defiled yourselves. You will despise yourselves because of all the evil deeds you have done.

So submit to God. But resist the devil and he will flee from you.Draw near to God and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and make your hearts pure, you double- minded.Grieve, mourn, and weep. Turn your laughter into mourning and your joy into despair.Humble yourselves before the Lord and he will exalt you.

Is this really the kind of fasting I want? Do I want a day when people merely humble themselves, bowing their heads like a reed and stretching out on sackcloth and ashes? Is this really what you call a fast, a day that is pleasing to the LORD?

then you plunge me into a slimy pit and my own clothes abhor me.

Then you will remember your evil behavior and your deeds which were not good; you will loathe yourselves on account of your sins and your abominable deeds.

Now when Mordecai became aware of all that had been done, he tore his garments and put on sackcloth and ashes. He went out into the city, crying out in a loud and bitter voice.But he went no further than the king’s gate, for no one was permitted to enter the king’s gate clothed in sackcloth.Throughout each and every province where the king’s edict and law were announced there was considerable mourning among the Jews, along with fasting, weeping, and sorrow. Sackcloth and ashes were characteristic of many.