Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth.

Seek ye the LORD, all ye meek of the earth, which have wrought his judgment; seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be ye shall be hid in the day of the LORD'S anger.

And there is hope in thine end, saith the LORD, that thy children shall come again to their own border.

Who can tell {if} God will turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not?

I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee,

I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now mine eye seeth thee.

And when he was in affliction, he besought the LORD his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers,

That thou mayest remember, and be confounded, and never open thy mouth any more because of thy shame, when I am pacified toward thee for all that thou hast done, saith the Lord GOD.

And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as {his} eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner.

Who knoweth {if} he will return and repent, and leave a blessing behind him; {even} a meat offering and a drink offering unto the LORD your God?

Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God. {guilty...: or, subject to the judgment of God}

Declare ye {it} not at Gath, weep ye not at all: in the house of Aphrah roll thyself in the dust. {Aphrah: that is, Dust}

They shall lick the dust like a serpent, they shall move out of their holes like worms of the earth: they shall be afraid of the LORD our God, and shall fear because of thee. {worms: or, creeping things}

I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee,

And the priest shall take holy water in an earthen vessel; and of the dust that is in the floor of the tabernacle the priest shall take, and put {it} into the water:

For word came unto the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, and he laid his robe from him, and covered {him} with sackcloth, and sat in ashes.