These acts are signs of severe sadness. AT: "tore his clothes and put on sackcloth and ashes to show his grief" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-symaction]])
# province
A "province" is a large area into which some countries are divided for the purposes of government. See how you translated this in [Esther 1:1](../01/01.md).
# there was great mourning among the Jews
"the Jews mourned greatly"
# Many of them lay in sackcloth and ashes
"Many of them were on the ground, dressed in sackcloth and sitting in ashes"