עָטָה

A diseased person must wear torn clothes and let his hair hang loose, and he must cover his mouth and cry out, ‘Unclean, unclean!’

“What does he look like?” asked Saul. “An old man is coming up,” she replied. “And he is wearing a robe.” So Saul knew that it was Samuel, and he bowed facedown in reverence.

May the accusers of my soul be ashamed and consumed; may those who seek my harm be covered with scorn and disgrace.

As they pass through the Valley of Baca, they make it a place of springs; even the autumn rain covers it with pools.

You have cut short the days of his youth; You have covered him with shame. Selah

He wraps Himself in light as with a garment; He stretches out the heavens like a tent,

May it be like a robe wrapped about him, like a belt tied forever around him.

May my accusers be clothed with disgrace; may they wear their shame like a robe.

Tell me, O one I love, where do you pasture your sheep? Where do you rest them at midday? Why should I be like a veiled woman beside the flocks of your companions?

Look, O mighty man! The LORD is about to shake you violently. He will take hold of you,

He put on righteousness like a breastplate, and the helmet of salvation on His head; He put on garments of vengeance and wrapped Himself in a cloak of zeal.

I will kindle a fire in the temples of the gods of Egypt, and Nebuchadnezzar will burn those temples and take their gods as captives. So he will wrap himself with the land of Egypt as a shepherd wraps himself in his garment, and he will depart from there unscathed.

Groan quietly; do not mourn for the dead. Put on your turban and strap your sandals on your feet; do not cover your lips or eat the bread of mourners.”

Then you will do as I have done: You will not cover your lips or eat the bread of mourners.

Then the seers will be ashamed and the diviners will be disgraced. They will all cover their mouths because there is no answer from God.”