Aslan International Ministry – Cremation Cremation Genesis 3:19 ESV / 124 helpful votesBy the sweat of your face you shall eat bread, till you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; for you are dust, and to dust you shall return.” 1 Samuel 31:12 ESV / 98 helpful votesAll the valiant men …
Category Archives: Dust
And having gone forth out of the synagogue of the Jews, – ASLAN International Ministry
Acts 13:42-5242 And having gone forth out of the synagogue of the Jews, the nations were calling upon [them] that on the next sabbath these sayings may be spoken to them,43 and the synagogue having been dismissed, many of the Jews and of the devout proselytes did follow Paul and Barnabas, who, speaking to them, were persuading …
And having gone forth out of the synagogue of the Jews, – ASLAN International Ministry
Acts 13:42-5242 And having gone forth out of the synagogue of the Jews, the nations were calling upon [them] that on the next sabbath these sayings may be spoken to them,43 and the synagogue having been dismissed, many of the Jews and of the devout proselytes did follow Paul and Barnabas, who, speaking to them, were persuading …
Aslan International Ministry – Clicks
Aslan International Ministry – Clicks Genesis 1:2 ESV / 4 helpful votesThe earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters. Luke 1:44 ESV / 3 helpful votesFor behold, when the sound of your greeting came …
Aslan International Ministry – Clicks
Aslan International Ministry – Clicks Genesis 1:2 ESV / 4 helpful votesThe earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters. Luke 1:44 ESV / 3 helpful votesFor behold, when the sound of your greeting came …
`Hear, Israel, thou art passing over to-day – ASLAN International Ministry
Aslan International Ministry – `Hear, Israel, thou art passing over to-day the Jordan, to go in to possess nations greater and mightier than thyself; cities great and fenced in the heavens; 2 a people great and tall, sons of Anakim, whom thou — thou hast known, (and thou — thou hast heard: Who doth station himself before …
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`Hear, Israel, thou art passing over to-day – ASLAN International Ministry
Aslan International Ministry – `Hear, Israel, thou art passing over to-day the Jordan, to go in to possess nations greater and mightier than thyself; cities great and fenced in the heavens; 2 a people great and tall, sons of Anakim, whom thou — thou hast known, (and thou — thou hast heard: Who doth station himself before …
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Wisdom And Knowledge?
Wisdom And Knowledge James 1:5 ESV / 424 helpful votes If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him.Proverbs 1:7 ESV / 408 helpful votes The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction.Psalm 111:10 …
Womb?
Womb Jeremiah 1:5 ESV / 324 helpful votes “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you; I appointed you a prophet to the nations.”Psalm 139:13-16 ESV / 292 helpful votes For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother’s womb. I …
Wonderfully Made?
Wonderfully Made Psalm 139:14 ESV / 641 helpful votes I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well.Psalm 139:13-16 ESV / 509 helpful votes For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you, for I am …
Work And Family?
Work And Family Colossians 3:23-24 ESV / 16 helpful votes Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men, knowing that from the Lord you will receive the inheritance as your reward. You are serving the Lord Christ.Colossians 3:17 ESV / 8 helpful votes And whatever you do, in word or …
Worms?
Worms Mark 9:48 ESV / 183 helpful votes ‘where their worm does not die and the fire is not quenched.’Isaiah 66:24 ESV / 159 helpful votes “And they shall go out and look on the dead bodies of the men who have rebelled against me. For their worm shall not die, their fire shall not …
Your Job?
Your Job Colossians 3:23 ESV / 16 helpful votes Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men,Ephesians 6:4 ESV / 7 helpful votes Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.Psalm 127:3 ESV / 7 helpful votes Behold, …
Your Life?
Your Life John 10:10 ESV / 11 helpful votes The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.John 3:16 ESV / 8 helpful votes “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not …
Your Mind?
Your Mind Colossians 2:8 ESV / 16 helpful votes See to it that no one takes you captive by philosophy and empty deceit, according to human tradition, according to the elemental spirits of the world, and not according to Christ.2 Corinthians 5:17 ESV / 16 helpful votes Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is …
Zion?
Zion Psalm 132:13 ESV / 163 helpful votes For the Lord has chosen Zion; he has desired it for his dwelling place:Psalm 87:2 ESV / 136 helpful votes The Lord loves the gates of Zion more than all the dwelling places of Jacob.Isaiah 60:14 ESV / 128 helpful votes The sons of those who afflicted …
Aslan International Ministry – Clicks
Aslan International Ministry – Clicks Genesis 1:2 ESV / 4 helpful votesThe earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters. Luke 1:44 ESV / 3 helpful votesFor behold, when the sound of your greeting came …
Aslan International Ministry – Clicks
Aslan International Ministry – Clicks Genesis 1:2 ESV / 4 helpful votesThe earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters. Luke 1:44 ESV / 3 helpful votesFor behold, when the sound of your greeting came …
Aslan International Ministry – Cheese
Aslan International Ministry – Cheese Job 10:10 ESV / 43 helpful votesDid you not pour me out like milk and curdle me like cheese? Job 10:8-12 ESV / 33 helpful votesYour hands fashioned and made me, and now you have destroyed me altogether. Remember that you have made me like clay; and will you return …
Aslan International Ministry – Cheese
Aslan International Ministry – Cheese Job 10:10 ESV / 43 helpful votesDid you not pour me out like milk and curdle me like cheese? Job 10:8-12 ESV / 33 helpful votesYour hands fashioned and made me, and now you have destroyed me altogether. Remember that you have made me like clay; and will you return …
ASLAN International Ministry Amos 2:7WEB
ASLAN International Ministry Amos 2:7 They trample on the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and deny justice to the oppressed; and a man and his father use the same maiden, to profane my holy name;
ASLAN International Ministry Daniel 12:2WEB
ASLAN International Ministry Daniel 12:2 Many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.
ERVRevelation 18:19 Ministry Aslan International
Aslan International Revelation 18:19 And they cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and mourning, saying, Woe, woe, the great city, wherein were made rich all that had their ships in the sea by reason of her costliness! for in one hour is she made desolate. ERV Aslan International Ministry
ERVActs 22:23 Ministry Aslan International
Aslan International Acts 22:23 And as they cried out, and threw off their garments, and cast dust into the air, ERV Aslan International Ministry
ERVActs 13:51 Ministry Aslan International
Aslan International Acts 13:51 But they shook off the dust of their feet against them, and came unto Iconium. ERV Aslan International Ministry
ERVLuke 20:18 Ministry Aslan International
Aslan International Luke 20:18 Every one that falleth on that stone shall be broken to pieces; but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will scatter him as dust. ERV Aslan International Ministry
ERVLuke 10:11 Ministry Aslan International
Aslan International Luke 10:11 Even the dust from your city, that cleaveth to our feet, we do wipe off against you: howbeit know this, that the kingdom of God is come nigh. ERV Aslan International Ministry
ERVLuke 9:5 Ministry Aslan International
Aslan International Luke 9:5 And as many as receive you not, when ye depart from that city, shake off the dust from your feet for a testimony against them. ERV Aslan International Ministry
ERVMark 6:11 Ministry Aslan International
Aslan International Mark 6:11 And whatsoever place shall not receive you, and they hear you not, as ye go forth thence, shake off the dust that is under your feet for a testimony unto them. ERV Aslan International Ministry
ERVMatthew 21:44 Ministry Aslan International
Aslan International Matthew 21:44 And he that falleth on this stone shall be broken to pieces: but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will scatter him as dust. ERV Aslan International Ministry
ERVMatthew 10:14 Ministry Aslan International
Aslan International Matthew 10:14 And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words, as ye go forth out of that house or that city, shake off the dust of your feet. ERV Aslan International Ministry
ERVZechariah 9:3 Ministry Aslan International
Aslan International Zechariah 9:3 And Tyre did build herself a strong hold, and heaped up silver as the dust, and fine gold as the mire of the streets. ERV Aslan International Ministry
ERVZephaniah 1:17 Ministry Aslan International
Aslan International Zephaniah 1:17 And I will bring distress upon men, that they shall walk like blind men, because they have sinned against the LORD: and their blood shall be poured out as dust, and their flesh as dung. ERV Aslan International Ministry
ERVHabakkuk 1:10 Ministry Aslan International
Aslan International Habakkuk 1:10 Yea, he scoffeth at kings, and princes are a derision unto him: he derideth every strong hold; for he heapeth up dust, and taketh it. ERV Aslan International Ministry
ERVNahum 1:3 Ministry Aslan International
Aslan International Nahum 1:3 The LORD is slow to anger, and great in power, and will by no means clear the guilty: the LORD hath his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet. ERV Aslan International Ministry
ERVMicah 7:17 Ministry Aslan International
Aslan International Micah 7:17 They shall lick the dust like a serpent; like crawling things of the earth they shall come trembling out of their close places: they shall come with fear unto the LORD our God, and shall be afraid because of thee. ERV Aslan International Ministry
ERVMicah 1:10 Ministry Aslan International
Aslan International Micah 1:10 Tell it not in Gath, weep not at all: at Beth-le-Aphrah have I rolled myself in the dust. ERV Aslan International Ministry
ERVAmos 2:7 Ministry Aslan International
Aslan International Amos 2:7 that pant after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and turn aside the way of the meek: and a man and his father will go unto the same maid, to profane my holy name: ERV Aslan International Ministry
ERVDaniel 12:2 Ministry Aslan International
Aslan International Daniel 12:2 And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt. ERV Aslan International Ministry
ERVEzekiel 27:30 Ministry Aslan International
Aslan International Ezekiel 27:30 and shall cause their voice to be heard over thee, and shall cry bitterly, and shall cast up dust upon their heads, they shall wallow themselves in the ashes: ERV Aslan International Ministry
ERVEzekiel 26:12 Ministry Aslan International
Aslan International Ezekiel 26:12 And they shall make a spoil of thy riches, and make a prey of thy merchandise: and they shall break down thy walls, and destroy thy pleasant houses: and they shall lay thy stones and thy timber and thy dust in the midst of the waters. ERV Aslan International Ministry
ERVEzekiel 26:10 Ministry Aslan International
Aslan International Ezekiel 26:10 By reason of the abundance of his horses their dust shall cover thee: thy walls shall shake at the noise of the horsemen, and of the wagons, and of the chariots, when he shall enter into thy gates, as men enter into a city wherein is made a breach. ERV Aslan …
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ERVEzekiel 26:4 Ministry Aslan International
Aslan International Ezekiel 26:4 And they shall destroy the walls of Tyre, and break down her towers: I will also scrape her dust from her, and make her a bare rock. ERV Aslan International Ministry
ERVEzekiel 24:7 Ministry Aslan International
Aslan International Ezekiel 24:7 For her blood is in the midst of her; she set it upon the bare rock; she poured it not upon the ground, to cover it with dust; ERV Aslan International Ministry
ERVLamentations 3:29 Ministry Aslan International
Aslan International Lamentations 3:29 Let him put his mouth in the dust; if so be there may he hope. ERV Aslan International Ministry
ERVLamentations 2:10 Ministry Aslan International
Aslan International Lamentations 2:10 The elders of the daughter of Zion sit upon the ground, they keep silence; they have cast up dust upon their heads; they have girded themselves with sackcloth: the virgins of Jerusalem hang down their heads to the ground. ERV Aslan International Ministry
ERVIsaiah 65:25 Ministry Aslan International
Aslan International Isaiah 65:25 The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall eat straw like the ox: and dust shall be the serpent’s meat. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, saith the LORD. ERV Aslan International Ministry
ERVIsaiah 52:2 Ministry Aslan International
Aslan International Isaiah 52:2 Shake thyself from the dust; arise, sit thee down, O Jerusalem: loose thyself from the bands of thy neck, O captive daughter of Zion, ERV Aslan International Ministry
ERVIsaiah 49:23 Ministry Aslan International
Aslan International Isaiah 49:23 And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers: they shall bow down to thee with their faces to the earth, and lick the dust of thy feet; and thou shalt know that I am the LORD, and they that wait for me shall not be ashamed. …
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ERVIsaiah 47:1 Ministry Aslan International
Aslan International Isaiah 47:1 Come down, and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon; sit on the ground without a throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called tender and delicate. ERV Aslan International Ministry
ERVIsaiah 41:2 Ministry Aslan International
Aslan International Isaiah 41:2 Who hath raised up one from the east, whom he calleth in righteousness to his foot? he giveth nations before him, and maketh him rule over kings; he giveth them as the dust to his sword, as the driven stubble to his bow. ERV Aslan International Ministry
ERVIsaiah 40:15 Ministry Aslan International
Aslan International Isaiah 40:15 Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the small dust of the balance: behold, he taketh up the isles as a very little thing. ERV Aslan International Ministry
ERVIsaiah 40:12 Ministry Aslan International
Aslan International Isaiah 40:12 Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance? ERV Aslan International Ministry
ERVIsaiah 34:9 Ministry Aslan International
Aslan International Isaiah 34:9 And the streams thereof shall be turned into pitch, and the dust thereof into brimstone, and the land thereof shall become burning pitch. ERV Aslan International Ministry
ERVIsaiah 34:7 Ministry Aslan International
Aslan International Isaiah 34:7 And the wild-oxen shall come down with them, and the bullocks with the bulls; and their land shall be drunken with blood, and their dust made fat with fatness. ERV Aslan International Ministry
ERVIsaiah 29:5 Ministry Aslan International
Aslan International Isaiah 29:5 But the multitude of they foes shall be like small dust, and the multitude of the terrible ones as chaff that passeth away: yea, it shall be at an instant suddenly. ERV Aslan International Ministry
ERVIsaiah 29:4 Ministry Aslan International
Aslan International Isaiah 29:4 And thou shalt be brought down, and shalt speak out of the ground, and thy speech shall be low out of the dust; and thy voice shall be as of one that hath a familiar spirit, out of the ground, and thy speech shall whisper out of the dust. ERV Aslan …
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ERVIsaiah 26:19 Ministry Aslan International
Aslan International Isaiah 26:19 Thy dead shall live; my dead bodies shall arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in the dust: for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast forth the dead. ERV Aslan International Ministry
ERVIsaiah 26:5 Ministry Aslan International
Aslan International Isaiah 26:5 For he hath brought down them that dwell on high, the lofty city: he layeth it low, he layeth it low even to the ground; he bringeth it even to the dust. ERV Aslan International Ministry
ERVIsaiah 25:12 Ministry Aslan International
Aslan International Isaiah 25:12 And the fortress of the high fort of thy walls hath he brought down, laid low, and brought to the ground, even to the dust. ERV Aslan International Ministry
ERVIsaiah 17:13 Ministry Aslan International
Aslan International Isaiah 17:13 The nations shall rush like the rushing of many waters: but he shall rebuke them, and they shall flee far off, and shall be chased as the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like the whirling dust before the storm. ERV Aslan International Ministry
ERVIsaiah 5:24 Ministry Aslan International
Aslan International Isaiah 5:24 Therefore as the tongue of fire devoureth the stubble, and as the dry grass sinketh down in the flame, so their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust: because they have rejected the law of the LORD of hosts, and despised the word of the …
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ERVIsaiah 2:10 Ministry Aslan International
Aslan International Isaiah 2:10 Enter into the rock, and hide thee in the dust, from before the terror of the LORD, and from the glory of his majesty. ERV Aslan International Ministry
ERVEcclesiastes 12:7 Ministry Aslan International
Aslan International Ecclesiastes 12:7 and the dust return to the earth as it was, and the spirit return unto God who gave it. ERV Aslan International Ministry
ERVEcclesiastes 3:20 Ministry Aslan International
Aslan International Ecclesiastes 3:20 All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again. ERV Aslan International Ministry
ERVProverbs 8:26 Ministry Aslan International
Aslan International Proverbs 8:26 While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the beginning of the dust of the world. ERV Aslan International Ministry
ERVPsalm 119:25 Ministry Aslan International
Aslan International Psalm 119:25 DALETH. My soul cleaveth unto the dust: quicken thou me according to thy word. ERV Aslan International Ministry
ERVPsalm 113:7 Ministry Aslan International
Aslan International Psalm 113:7 He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the needy from the dunghill; ERV Aslan International Ministry
ERVPsalm 104:29 Ministry Aslan International
Aslan International Psalm 104:29 Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled; thou takest away their breath they die, and return to their dust. ERV Aslan International Ministry
ERVPsalm 103:14 Ministry Aslan International
Aslan International Psalm 103:14 For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust. ERV Aslan International Ministry
ERVPsalm 102:14 Ministry Aslan International
Aslan International Psalm 102:14 For thy servants take pleasure in her stones, and have pity upon her dust. ERV Aslan International Ministry
ERVPsalm 83:13 Ministry Aslan International
Aslan International Psalm 83:13 O my God, make them like the whirling dust; as stubble before the wind. ERV Aslan International Ministry
ERVPsalm 78:27 Ministry Aslan International
Aslan International Psalm 78:27 He rained flesh also upon them as the dust, and winged fowl as the sand of the seas: ERV Aslan International Ministry
ERVPsalm 72:9 Ministry Aslan International
Aslan International Psalm 72:9 They that dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him; and his enemies shall lick the dust. ERV Aslan International Ministry
ERVPsalm 44:25 Ministry Aslan International
Aslan International Psalm 44:25 For our soul is bowed down to the dust: our belly cleaveth unto the earth. ERV Aslan International Ministry
ERVPsalm 30:9 Ministry Aslan International
Aslan International Psalm 30:9 What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth? ERV Aslan International Ministry
ERVPsalm 22:29 Ministry Aslan International
Aslan International Psalm 22:29 All the fat ones of the earth shall eat and worship: all they that go down to the dust shall bow before him, even he that cannot keep his soul alive. ERV Aslan International Ministry
ERVPsalm 22:15 Ministry Aslan International
Aslan International Psalm 22:15 My Strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death. ERV Aslan International Ministry
ERVPsalm 18:42 Ministry Aslan International
Aslan International Psalm 18:42 Then did I beat them small as the dust before the wind: I did cast them out as the mire of the streets. ERV Aslan International Ministry
ERVPsalm 7:5 Ministry Aslan International
Aslan International Psalm 7:5 Let the enemy pursue my soul, and overtake it; yea, let him tread my life down to the earth, and lay my glory in the dust. Selah ERV Aslan International Ministry
ERVJob 42:6 Ministry Aslan International
Aslan International Job 42:6 Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes. ERV Aslan International Ministry
ERVJob 40:13 Ministry Aslan International
Aslan International Job 40:13 Hide them in the dust together; bind their faces in the hidden place. ERV Aslan International Ministry
ERVJob 39:14 Ministry Aslan International
Aslan International Job 39:14 For she leaveth her eggs on the earth, and warmeth them in the dust, ERV Aslan International Ministry
ERVJob 38:38 Ministry Aslan International
Aslan International Job 38:38 When the dust runneth into a mass, and the clods cleave fast together? ERV Aslan International Ministry
ERVJob 34:15 Ministry Aslan International
Aslan International Job 34:15 All flesh shall perish together, and man shall turn again unto dust. ERV Aslan International Ministry
ERVJob 30:19 Ministry Aslan International
Aslan International Job 30:19 He hath cast me into the mire, and I am become like dust and ashes. ERV Aslan International Ministry
ERVJob 28:6 Ministry Aslan International
Aslan International Job 28:6 The stones thereof are the place of sapphires, and it hath dust of gold. ERV Aslan International Ministry
ERVJob 27:16 Ministry Aslan International
Aslan International Job 27:16 Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay; ERV Aslan International Ministry
ERVJob 22:24 Ministry Aslan International
Aslan International Job 22:24 And lay thou thy treasure in the dust, and the gold of Ophir among the stones of the brooks; ERV Aslan International Ministry
ERVJob 21:26 Ministry Aslan International
Aslan International Job 21:26 They lie down alike in the dust, and the worm covereth them. ERV Aslan International Ministry
ERVJob 20:11 Ministry Aslan International
Aslan International Job 20:11 His bones are full of his youth, but it shall lie down with him in the dust. ERV Aslan International Ministry
ERVJob 17:16 Ministry Aslan International
Aslan International Job 17:16 It shall go down to the bars of Sheol, when once there is rest in the dust. ERV Aslan International Ministry
ERVJob 16:15 Ministry Aslan International
Aslan International Job 16:15 I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and have laid my horn in the dust. ERV Aslan International Ministry
ERVJob 14:19 Ministry Aslan International
Aslan International Job 14:19 The waters wear the stones; the overflowings thereof wash away the dust of the earth: and thou destroyest the hope of man. ERV Aslan International Ministry
ERVJob 10:9 Ministry Aslan International
Aslan International Job 10:9 Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast fashioned me as clay; and wilt thou bring me into dust again? ERV Aslan International Ministry
ERVJob 7:21 Ministry Aslan International
Aslan International Job 7:21 And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away mine iniquity? for now shall I lie down in the dust; and thou shall seek me diligently, but I shall not be. ERV Aslan International Ministry
ERVJob 7:5 Ministry Aslan International
Aslan International Job 7:5 My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin closeth up and breaketh out afresh. ERV Aslan International Ministry
ERVJob 5:6 Ministry Aslan International
Aslan International Job 5:6 For affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground; ERV Aslan International Ministry
ERVJob 4:19 Ministry Aslan International
Aslan International Job 4:19 How much more them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, which are crushed before the moth! ERV Aslan International Ministry
ERVJob 2:12 Ministry Aslan International
Aslan International Job 2:12 And when they lifted up their eyes afar off, and knew him not, they lifted up their voice, and wept; and they rent every one his mantle, and sprinkled dust upon their heads toward heaven. ERV Aslan International Ministry