in every province.

Esther 1:1
This is what happened in the days of Xerxes, who reigned over 127 provinces from India to Cush.

Esther 3:12
On the thirteenth day of the first month, the royal scribes were summoned and the order was written exactly as Haman commanded the royal satraps, the governors of each province, and the officials of each people, in the script of each province and the language of every people. It was written in the name of King Xerxes and sealed with the royal signet ring.

great mourning.

1 Samuel 4:13, 14
When he arrived, there was Eli sitting on his chair beside the road, watching, because his heart trembled for the ark of God. When the man entered the city to give a report, the whole city cried out. . . .

1 Samuel 11:4
When the messengers came to Gibeah of Saul and reported these terms in the hearing of the people, they all wept aloud.

Isaiah 22:4, 12
Therefore I said, "Turn away from me, let me weep bitterly! Do not try to console me over the destruction of the daughter of my people." . . .

Isaiah 37:1-3
On hearing this report, King Hezekiah tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and entered the house of the LORD. . . .

weeping.

Matthew 13:42
And they will throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

Matthew 22:13
Then the king told the servants, 'Tie him hand and foot and throw him outside into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.'

Matthew 25:30
And throw that worthless servant into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.'

many lay in sackcloth and ashes.

Isaiah 58:5
Is this the fast I have chosen, a day for a man to deny himself, to bow his head like a reed, and to spread out sackcloth and ashes? Will you call this a fast and a day acceptable to the LORD?

Daniel 9:3
So I turned my attention to the Lord God to seek Him by prayer and petition, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes.