Thematic Bible: Sackcloth


Thematic Bible



Then David said to Joab and to all the people who were with him, “Tear your clothes and gird on sackcloth and lament before Abner.” And King David walked behind the bier. Verse ConceptsGesturesClothingClothSackcloth And AshesPreparation For Burial

And when King Hezekiah heard it, he tore his clothes, covered himself with sackcloth and entered the house of the Lord. Verse ConceptsClothThose Who Tore Clothes

The elders of the daughter of Zion
Sit on the ground, they are silent.
They have thrown dust on their heads;
They have girded themselves with sackcloth.
The virgins of Jerusalem
Have bowed their heads to the ground.
Verse ConceptsdaughtersDust, Figurative UseBowingHeadsSackcloth And AshesSprinklingClothing OneselfBowing Heads Before GodSitting In DejectionDust On The HeadIndividuals Being Silent

Now it will come about that instead of sweet perfume there will be putrefaction;
Instead of a belt, a rope;
Instead of well-set hair, a plucked-out scalp;
Instead of fine clothes, a donning of sackcloth;
And branding instead of beauty.
Verse ConceptsBaldness, Figurative UseClothHairsSackcloth And AshesSmellsPeople RottingFragranceMarks On PeopleAppearance Of HairNo BeautyWomen's BeautyHairmakeupbranding

“Wail, O Heshbon, for Ai has been destroyed!
Cry out, O daughters of Rabbah,
Gird yourselves with sackcloth and lament,
And rush back and forth inside the walls;
For Malcam will go into exile
Together with his priests and his princes.
Verse ConceptsAi, The CitySackcloth And AshesAfflictions Of The WickedExiled Foreigners

The elders of the daughter of Zion
Sit on the ground, they are silent.
They have thrown dust on their heads;
They have girded themselves with sackcloth.
The virgins of Jerusalem
Have bowed their heads to the ground.
Verse ConceptsdaughtersDust, Figurative UseBowingHeadsSackcloth And AshesSprinklingClothing OneselfBowing Heads Before GodSitting In DejectionDust On The HeadIndividuals Being Silent


They will gird themselves with sackcloth and shuddering will overwhelm them; and shame will be on all faces and baldness on all their heads. Verse ConceptsBaldnessHeadsKnivesMourningShavingFoul ClothesShame Will Come

O daughter of my people, put on sackcloth
And roll in ashes;
Mourn as for an only son,
A lamentation most bitter.
For suddenly the destroyer
Will come upon us.
Verse ConceptsAshesLamentingSuddenlyThose Who DestroyAshes Of HumiliationOthers Mourning

“I have sewed sackcloth over my skin
And thrust my horn in the dust.
Verse ConceptsSackcloth And AshesHorns Weakened

“For this, put on sackcloth,
Lament and wail;
For the fierce anger of the Lord
Has not turned back from us.”
Verse ConceptsClothLamentingHaircloth


His servants said to him, "Behold now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful kings, please let us put sackcloth on our loins and ropes on our heads, and go out to the king of Israel; perhaps he will save your life." So they girded sackcloth on their loins and put ropes on their heads, and came to the king of Israel and said, "Your servant Ben-hadad says, 'Please let me live.'" And he said, "Is he still alive? He is my brother."

In their streets they have girded themselves with sackcloth;
On their housetops and in their squares
Everyone is wailing, dissolved in tears.
Verse ConceptsProstrationRoofSackcloth And AshesSorrowRooftop

Now John himself had a garment of camel’s hair and a leather belt around his waist; and his food was locusts and wild honey. Verse ConceptsLeatherClothingBeltsAsceticism, People PracticingHairsInsectsJohn The BaptistLocustsWaistsHoneyHairclothHair GarmentsChristmas Tree

And I will grant authority to my two witnesses, and they will prophesy for twelve hundred and sixty days, clothed in sackcloth.” Verse ConceptsThe Final Days Of TimeCelebrationsTwo WitnessesThree And A Half YearsWitness To The GospelTwo WitnessesThe Two WitnessesEnd Of Daysempowerment

They answered him, “He was a hairy man with a leather girdle bound about his loins.” And he said, “It is Elijah the Tishbite.” Verse ConceptsLeatherClothingBeltsHairsAnimal SkinsHairy PeopleHairclothHair Garments

at that time the Lord spoke through Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, “Go and loosen the sackcloth from your hips and take your shoes off your feet.” And he did so, going naked and barefoot. Verse ConceptsBodyBarefeet

It came about when Ahab heard these words, that he tore his clothes and put on sackcloth and fasted, and he lay in sackcloth and went about despondently. Verse ConceptsTearing Of ClothesGesturesClothAsceticism, TypesRegretRepentance, Examples OfSackcloth And AshesAfflictions Of The WickedConviction Of SinThose Who Tore ClothesDepression

Gird yourselves with sackcloth
And lament, O priests;
Wail, O ministers of the altar!
Come, spend the night in sackcloth
O ministers of my God,
For the grain offering and the drink offering
Are withheld from the house of your God.
Verse ConceptsGesturesClothSackcloth And AshesAll Night PrayersClothing OneselfMaking Cereal Offerings And Libations

And Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth and spread it for herself on the rock, from the beginning of harvest until it rained on them from the sky; and she allowed neither the birds of the sky to rest on them by day nor the beasts of the field by night. Verse ConceptsMaternal LoveLove, And The WorldRainProtection Day And NightWild Beasts SubduedBirds EatingBirdsTragedy

Therefore in that day the Lord God of hosts called you to weeping, to wailing,
To shaving the head and to wearing sackcloth.
Verse ConceptsGesturesBaldness, UnnaturalBaldnessHairsMourning

Now it will come about that instead of sweet perfume there will be putrefaction;
Instead of a belt, a rope;
Instead of well-set hair, a plucked-out scalp;
Instead of fine clothes, a donning of sackcloth;
And branding instead of beauty.
Verse ConceptsBaldness, Figurative UseClothHairsSackcloth And AshesSmellsPeople RottingFragranceMarks On PeopleAppearance Of HairNo BeautyWomen's BeautyHairmakeupbranding

Tremble, you women who are at ease;
Be troubled, you complacent daughters;
Strip, undress and put sackcloth on your waist,
Verse ConceptsShakingPeople Stripping Off

It came about when Ahab heard these words, that he tore his clothes and put on sackcloth and fasted, and he lay in sackcloth and went about despondently. Verse ConceptsTearing Of ClothesGesturesClothAsceticism, TypesRegretRepentance, Examples OfSackcloth And AshesAfflictions Of The WickedConviction Of SinThose Who Tore ClothesDepression

“I have sewed sackcloth over my skin
And thrust my horn in the dust.
Verse ConceptsSackcloth And AshesHorns Weakened

When the king heard the words of the woman, he tore his clothes—now he was passing by on the wall—and the people looked, and behold, he had sackcloth beneath on his body. Verse ConceptsBodySackcloth And AshesThose Who Tore Clothes

Then the people of Nineveh believed in God; and they called a fast and put on sackcloth from the greatest to the least of them. Verse ConceptsAbstinence as a disciplineReligionRepentance, Examples OfGreat And SmallBelieving In GodOthers Believing In GodFastingFasting And Prayerjonah

Now on the twenty-fourth day of this month the sons of Israel assembled with fasting, in sackcloth and with dirt upon them. Verse ConceptsClothAsceticism, TypesRepentance, Examples OfSackcloth And AshesFasting, Accompanied ByMonth 7FastingFasting And Prayer

When I made sackcloth my clothing,
I became a byword to them.
Verse ConceptsSportsliberation

His servants said to him, “Behold now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful kings, please let us put sackcloth on our loins and ropes on our heads, and go out to the king of Israel; perhaps he will save your life.” Verse ConceptsRopesSackcloth And AshesPeople Showing Mercyhumor


Now John himself had a garment of camel’s hair and a leather belt around his waist; and his food was locusts and wild honey. Verse ConceptsLeatherClothingBeltsAsceticism, People PracticingHairsInsectsJohn The BaptistLocustsWaistsHoneyHairclothHair GarmentsChristmas Tree




And when King Hezekiah heard it, he tore his clothes, covered himself with sackcloth and entered the house of the LORD. Then he sent Eliakim who was over the household with Shebna the scribe and the elders of the priests, covered with sackcloth, to Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz.

Also it will come about in that day that the prophets will each be ashamed of his vision when he prophesies, and they will not put on a hairy robe in order to deceive; Verse ConceptsHairsNo VisionsAvoiding DeceitHairclothShame Of Bad Conduct

His servants said to him, “Behold now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful kings, please let us put sackcloth on our loins and ropes on our heads, and go out to the king of Israel; perhaps he will save your life.” Verse ConceptsRopesSackcloth And AshesPeople Showing Mercyhumor

Then David said to Joab and to all the people who were with him, “Tear your clothes and gird on sackcloth and lament before Abner.” And King David walked behind the bier. Verse ConceptsGesturesClothingClothSackcloth And AshesPreparation For Burial

“I clothe the heavens with blackness
And make sackcloth their covering.”
Verse Conceptsdarkness, naturalBlacknessSackcloth And AshesSkyColors, Black

You have turned for me my mourning into dancing;
You have loosed my sackcloth and girded me with gladness,
Verse ConceptsdanceMourning Turned To JoyWorship, Elements OfDancingRestored JoyClothed With Good ThingsGod Stripping PeopleNot MourningDisappointmentjoyful

In their streets they have girded themselves with sackcloth;
On their housetops and in their squares
Everyone is wailing, dissolved in tears.
Verse ConceptsProstrationRoofSackcloth And AshesSorrowRooftop

When Mordecai learned all that had been done, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth and ashes, and went out into the midst of the city and wailed loudly and bitterly. Verse ConceptsTearing Of ClothesAshesLamentingThose Who Tore ClothesAshes Of Humiliation

He went as far as the king’s gate, for no one was to enter the king’s gate clothed in sackcloth. Verse ConceptsComing To Gates


But both man and beast must be covered with sackcloth; and let men call on God earnestly that each may turn from his wicked way and from the violence which is in his hands. Verse ConceptsImportunity, Towards GodAvoiding ViolenceBoth Men And Animals Affectedjonah