²⁹ When Reuben returned to the cistern and saw that Joseph was not there, he tore his clothes.^(A)

³⁴ Then Jacob tore his clothes,^(A) put on sackcloth^(B) and mourned for his son many days.^(C)

¹¹ Then David and all the men with him took hold of their clothes and tore^(A) them.

²⁷ When Ahab heard these words, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth^(A) and fasted. He lay in sackcloth and went around meekly.^(B)

Jerusalem’s Deliverance Foretold^(A)

19 When King Hezekiah heard this, he tore^(B) his clothes and put on sackcloth and went into the temple of the Lord. ² He sent Eliakim^(C) the palace administrator, Shebna the secretary and the leading priests,^(D) all wearing sackcloth,^(E) to the prophet Isaiah^(F) son of Amoz.

¹¹ When the king heard the words of the Book of the Law,^(A) he tore his robes.

¹⁹ Because your heart was responsive and you humbled^(A) yourself before the Lord when you heard what I have spoken against this place and its people—that they would become a curse^[a](B) and be laid waste^(C)—and because you tore your robes and wept in my presence, I also have heard you, declares the Lord.

²² Then Eliakim^(A) son of Hilkiah the palace administrator, Shebna the secretary and Joah son of Asaph the recorder^(B) went to Hezekiah, with their clothes torn,^(C) and told him what the field commander had said.

Jerusalem’s Deliverance Foretold^(D)

37 When King Hezekiah heard this, he tore his clothes^(E) and put on sackcloth^(F) and went into the temple^(G) of the Lord.

⁶ When Jonah’s warning reached the king of Nineveh, he rose from his throne, took off his royal robes, covered himself with sackcloth and sat down in the dust.^(A)