PRINCETON, N.J. -- Mississippi, Alabama and Louisiana are the most right-leaning states in the union, with between 46% and 49% of residents in each identifying as politically conservative. Massachusetts, Vermont and Hawaii are the most left-leaning, with 30% of residents in each of those states identifying as liberal.
Figurative: The term ashes is often used to signify worthlessness, insignificance or evanescence (Genesis 18:27 Job 30:19). Proverbs of ashes, for instance, in Job 13:12, is Job's equivalent, says one writer, for our modern rot.. For the ritual use of the ashes of the Red Heifer by the priests, see RED HEIFER.
Ashes. The ashes of a red heifer burned entire ( Numbers 19:5) when sprinkled on the unclean made them ceremonially clean ( Hebrews 9:13). To cover the head with ashes was a token of self-abhorrence and humiliation ( 2 Samuel 13:19; Esther 4:3; Jeremiah 6:26, etc.). To feed on ashes ( Isaiah 44:20), means to seek that which will prove to be vain and