Isaiah 15:3

In their streets they shall gird themselves with sackcloth: on the tops of their houses, and in their streets, every one shall howl, weeping abundantly.

Cross-reference

Isaiah 15:2 Parallel

Isaiah 15:2 describes the shaving and baldness that accompany the sackcloth and wailing of verse 3 — both depict Moab's mourning.

Isaiah 15:5 Parallel

Isaiah 15:5 describes weeping along escape routes, not on rooftops — part of the same oracle but a different scene of mourning.

Isaiah 3:24 Parallel

Isaiah 3:24 includes sackcloth as a sign of judgment — the same mourning garment mentioned here, but in a different judgment context.

Isaiah 32:11 calls complacent women to wear sackcloth — the same outward sign of mourning, but directed at a different audience.

Jeremiah 48:38 directly echoes this verse: lamentation on Moab's roofs and squares — likely a citation of the same oracle.

Jeremiah 48:37 describes the same mourning customs—sackcloth, shaved heads, gashes—in Moab's judgment.

Jonah 3:6-8 depicts Nineveh in sackcloth and ashes for repentance, while Moab wears sackcloth in mourning — same garment, different intent.

In 2 Samuel 3:31, David commands sackcloth and mourning for Abner, reflecting the same external sign of grief.

Jeremiah 4:8 commands sackcloth and wailing in response to divine anger — identical practices of mourning, but for Judah, not Moab.

Jeremiah 7:29 calls for cutting off hair and lamenting on high places — a similar mourning ritual to Isaiah 15:3, where Moabites howl and wear sackcloth on roofs.

Lamentations 2:10 shows elders in sackcloth and dust—similar mourning imagery, but for Jerusalem's fall.

Ezekiel 7:18 also depicts sackcloth and shaved heads as signs of judgment, here on Israel.

Amos 8:10 Parallel

Amos 8:10 uses sackcloth and baldness for mourning at a feast turned to lamentation—parallel imagery.

Matthew 11:21 references sackcloth and ashes as a sign of repentance, paralleling Moab's external mourning but with a different purpose.