Ezra 9:3
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And when I had heard this word, I rent my mantle and my coat, and plucked off the hairs of my head and my beard, and I sat down mourning.

rent

Joshua 7:6 But Joshua rent his garments, and fell flat on the ground, before the ark of the Lord, until the evening, both he and all the ancients of Israel: and they put dust upon their heads.

2 Kings 18:37 And Eliacim, the son of Helcias, who was over the house, and Sobna, the scribe, and Joahe, the son of Asaph, the recorder, came to Ezechias, with their garments rent, and told him the words of Rabsaces.

2 Kings 19:1 And when king Ezechias heard these words, he rent his garments, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of the Lord.

Job 1:20 Then Job rose up, and rent his garments, and having shaven his head, fell down upon the ground, and worshipped,

Jeremiah 36:24 And the king and all his servants that heard all these words were not afraid, nor did they rend their garments.

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Leviticus 21:5 Neither shall they shave their head, nor their beard, nor make incisions in their flesh.

Nehemiah 13:25 And I chid them, and laid my curse upon them. And I beat some of them, and shaved off their hair, and made them swear by God that they would not give their daughters to their sons, nor take their daughters for their sons, nor for themselves, saying:

Isaiah 15:2 The house is gone up, and Dibon to the high places to mourn over Nabo, and over Medaba, Moab hath howled: on all their heads shall be baldness, and every beard shall be shaven.

Jeremiah 7:29 Cut off thy hair, and cast it away: and take up a lamentation on high: for the Lord hath rejected, and forsaken the generation of his wrath,

Jeremiah 48:37,38 For every head shall be bald, and every beard shall be shaven: all hands shall be tied together, and upon every back there shall be haircloth. . . .

Ezekiel 7:18 And they shall gird themselves with haircloth, and fear shall cover them and shame shall be upon every face, and baldness upon all their heads.

Micah 1:16 Yet will I bring an heir to thee that dwellest in Maresa: even to Odollam shall the glory of Israel come.

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Nehemiah 1:4 And when I had heard these words, I sat down, and wept, and mourned for many days: and I fasted, and prayed before the face of the God of heaven.

Job 2:12,13 And when they had lifted up their eyes afar off, they knew him not, and crying out, they wept, and rending their garments, they sprinkled dust upon their heads toward heaven. . . .

Psalm 66:3 Say unto God, How terrible are thy works, O Lord! in the multitude of thy strength thy enemies shall lie to thee.

Psalm 143:4 And my spirit is in anguish within me: my heart within me is troubled.

Ezekiel 3:15 And I came to them of the captivity, to the heap of new corn, to them that dwelt by the river Chobar, and I sat where they sat: and I remained there seven days mourning in the midst of them.

Daniel 4:19 It is thou, O king, who art grown great, and become mighty: for thy greatness hath grown, and hath reached to heaven, and thy power unto the ends of the earth.

Daniel 8:27 And I, Daniel, languished, and was sick for some days: and when I was risen up, I did the king's business, and I was astonished at the vision, and there was none that could interpret it.

Context
Intermarriage with Neighboring Peoples
2For they have taken of their daughters for themselves and for their sons, and they have mingled the holy seed with the people of the lands. And the hand of the princes and magistrates hath been first in this transgression. 3And when I had heard this word, I rent my mantle and my coat, and plucked off the hairs of my head and my beard, and I sat down mourning.4And there were assembled to me all that feared the God of Israel, because of the transgression of those that were come from the captivity, and I sat sorrowful, until the evening sacrifice.…
Cross References
2 Samuel 1:11
Then David took hold of his garments and rent them, and likewise all the men that were with him.

2 Kings 18:37
And Eliacim, the son of Helcias, who was over the house, and Sobna, the scribe, and Joahe, the son of Asaph, the recorder, came to Ezechias, with their garments rent, and told him the words of Rabsaces.

Nehemiah 1:4
And when I had heard these words, I sat down, and wept, and mourned for many days: and I fasted, and prayed before the face of the God of heaven.

Psalm 119:53
A fainting hath taken hold of me, because of the wicked that forsake thy law.

Lexicon
When I heard
וּכְשָׁמְעִי֙ (ū·ḵə·šā·mə·‘î)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-k | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 8085: To hear intelligently

this
הַזֶּ֔ה (haz·zeh)
Article | Pronoun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2088: This, that

report,
הַדָּבָ֣ר (had·dā·ḇār)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1697: A word, a matter, thing, a cause

I tore
קָרַ֥עְתִּי (qā·ra‘·tî)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 7167: To rend

my tunic
בִּגְדִ֖י (biḡ·ḏî)
Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 899: A covering, clothing, treachery, pillage

and cloak,
וּמְעִילִ֑י (ū·mə·‘î·lî)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 4598: A robe

pulled out
וָאֶמְרְטָ֞ה (wā·’em·rə·ṭāh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4803: To make smooth, bare or bald, to scour, polish

some hair
מִשְּׂעַ֤ר (miś·śə·‘ar)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 8181: Hair

from my head
רֹאשִׁי֙ (rō·šî)
Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 7218: The head

and beard,
וּזְקָנִ֔י (ū·zə·qā·nî)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - common singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 2206: Beard, chin

and sat down
וָאֵשְׁבָ֖ה (wā·’ê·šə·ḇāh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3427: To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry

in horror.
מְשׁוֹמֵֽם׃ (mə·šō·w·mêm)
Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8074: To stun, devastate, stupefy


Additional Translations
When I heard this report, I tore my tunic and cloak, pulled out some hair from my head and beard, and sat down in horror.And when I heard this thing, I rent my garment and my mantle, and plucked off the hair of my head and of my beard, and sat down astonished.

And when I heard this thing, I rent my garment and my robe, and plucked off the hair of my head and of my beard, and sat down confounded.

And when I heard this thing, I rent my garments, and trembled, and plucked some of the hairs of my head and of my beard, and sat down mourning.

And when I heard this thing, I rent my mantle and my garment, and plucked off the hair of my head and of my beard, and sat down overwhelmed.

And when I heard this thing, I rent my garment and my mantle, and plucked off the hair of my head and of my beard, and sat down astonied.

And when I heard this thing, I rent my garment and my mantle, and plucked off the hair of my head and of my beard, and sat down confounded.

When I heard this thing, I tore my garment and my robe, and plucked off the hair of my head and of my beard, and sat down confounded.

And at my hearing this word, I have rent my garment and my upper robe, and pluck out of the hair of my head, and of my beard, and sit astonished,
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