Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.

עַל־כֵּ֭ן אֶמְאַ֣ס וְנִחַ֑מְתִּי עַל־עָפָ֥ר וָאֵֽפֶר׃ פ

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Job 42:6

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Job 42:6).

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Another quote from the 6th century BC

Then a great and powerful wind tore the mountains apart and shattered the rocks before the Lord, but the Lord was not in the wind: and after the wind an earthquake; but the Lord was not in the earthquake: And after the earthquake a fire: but the Lord was not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice.

1st Kings 19:11-12

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (1st Kings 19:11-12).

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Another quote from Classical antiquity

Then one day there really was a wolf but when the boy shouted, they didn't believe him.

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The Boy Who Cried Wolf

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Aesop. "The Boy Who Cried Wolf." Aesop's Fables. c. 600.

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Aesop. "The Boy Who Cried Wolf." Aesop's Fables. Oxford University Press, 2008.

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Another quote originally in Hebrew

In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.