Judgments: should Lead to Contrition

When I heard these words, I sat down and wept. I mourned for days, fasting and praying before the God of heaven.

In every province to which the king’s command and edict came, there was great mourning among the Jews. They fasted, wept, and lamented, and many lay in sackcloth and ashes.

On that day the Lord GOD of Hosts called for weeping and wailing, for shaven heads and the wearing of sackcloth.