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The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · Cross-reference reference work
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in every province: Est 1:1, Est 3:12 great mourning: It cannot reasonably be doubted, that the mournings, fastings, and weepings of the Jews were attended by constant prayers and supplications; though all mention of them, and of the glorious God whom they worshipped, seems to have been studiously avoided. Sa1 4:13, Sa1 4:14, Sa1 11:4; Isa 22:4, Isa 22:12, Isa 37:1-3 weeping: Mat 13:42, Mat 22:13, Mat 25:30 many lay in sackcloth and ashes: Heb. sackcloth and ashes were laid under many, Isa 58:5; Dan 9:3 Esther 4:4
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