And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, who am but dust and ashes.
Then Ezra rose up from before the house of God, and went into the chamber of Jehohanan the son of Eliashib: and (when) he came thither, he did eat no bread, nor drink water; for he mourned because of the trespass of them of the captivity.
And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself therewith; and he sat among the ashes.
Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works had been done in Tyre and Sidon which were done in you, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.