Thematic Bible: Sackcloth
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David then ordered Joab and all the people who were with him, “Tear your clothes, put on sackcloth, and mourn over Abner.” And King David walked behind the funeral procession.
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When King Hezekiah heard their report, he tore his clothes, covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the Lord’s temple.
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Girdles » Made of » Sackcloth
י YodThe elders of Daughter Zion
sit on the ground in silence.
They have thrown dust on their heads
and put on sackcloth.
The young women of Jerusalem
have bowed their heads to the ground.
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sit on the ground in silence.
They have thrown dust on their heads
and put on sackcloth.
The young women of Jerusalem
have bowed their heads to the ground.
instead of a belt, a rope;
instead of beautifully styled hair,
instead of fine clothes, sackcloth;
instead of beauty, branding.
Sackcloth » A symbol of mourning
cry out, daughters of Rabbah!
Clothe yourselves with sackcloth,
run back and forth within your walls,
because Milcom will go into exile
together with his priests and officials.
י YodThe elders of Daughter Zion
sit on the ground in silence.
They have thrown dust on their heads
and put on sackcloth.
The young women of Jerusalem
have bowed their heads to the ground.
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sit on the ground in silence.
They have thrown dust on their heads
and put on sackcloth.
The young women of Jerusalem
have bowed their heads to the ground.
So I turned my attention to the Lord God to seek Him by prayer and petitions, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes.
and horror will overwhelm them.
Shame will cover all their faces,
and all their heads will be bald.
and roll in the dust.
Mourn as you would for an only son,
a bitter lament,
for suddenly the destroyer
I have buried my strength
mourn and wail,
for the Lord’s burning anger
has not turned away from us.
mourning for the husband of her youth.
His servants said to him, "Consider this: we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are kings [who show] special kindness. So let's put sackcloth around our waists and ropes around our heads, and let's go out to the king of Israel. Perhaps he will spare your life." So they dressed with sackcloth around their waists and ropes around their heads, went to the king of Israel, and said, "Your servant Ben-hadad says, 'Please spare my life.' " So he said, "Is he still alive? He is my brother."
on its rooftops and in its public squares everyone wails,
falling down and weeping.
Sackcloth » Was worn » By God's prophets
John himself had a camel-hair garment with a leather belt around his waist, and his food was locusts and wild honey.
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I will empower my two witnesses, and they will prophesy for 1,260 days, dressed in sackcloth.”
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They replied, “A hairy man with a leather belt around his waist.”
He said, “It’s Elijah the Tishbite.”
He said, “It’s Elijah the Tishbite.”
during that time the Lord had spoken through Isaiah son of Amoz, saying, “Go, take off your sackcloth and remove the sandals from your feet,” and he did so, going naked and barefoot—
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Sackcloth » The jews lay in, when in deep affliction
When Ahab heard these words, he tore his clothes, put sackcloth over his body, and fasted. He lay down in sackcloth and walked around subdued.
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wail,
Come and spend the night in sackcloth,
you ministers of my God,
because grain and drink offerings
are withheld from the house of your God.
Rizpah, Aiah’s daughter, took sackcloth and spread it out for herself on the rock from the beginning of the harvest until the rain poured down from heaven on the bodies. She kept the birds of the sky from them by day and the wild animals by night.
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Sackcloth » Illustrative » (girding with,) of heavy afflictions
called for weeping,
and for the wearing of sackcloth.
instead of a belt, a rope;
instead of beautifully styled hair,
instead of fine clothes, sackcloth;
instead of beauty, branding.
tremble, you overconfident ones!
Strip yourselves bare
and put sackcloth around your waists.
Sackcloth » Was worn » Frequently next the skin in deep afflictions
When Ahab heard these words, he tore his clothes, put sackcloth over his body, and fasted. He lay down in sackcloth and walked around subdued.
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I have buried my strength
When the king heard the woman’s words, he tore his clothes. Then, as he was passing by on the wall, the people saw that there was sackcloth under his clothes next to his skin.
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Sackcloth » Was worn » By persons in affliction
The men of Nineveh believed in God. They proclaimed a fast and dressed in sackcloth—from the greatest of them to the least.
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On the twenty-fourth day of this month the Israelites assembled; they were fasting, wearing sackcloth, and had put dust on their heads.
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and I was a joke to them.
Sackcloth » Was worn » Girt about the loins
His servants said to him, “Consider this: we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful kings. So let’s put sackcloth around our waists and ropes around our heads, and let’s go out to the king of Israel. Perhaps he will spare your life.”
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Then Jacob tore his clothes, put sackcloth around his waist, and mourned for his son many days.
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Sackcloth » Made of coarse hair
John himself had a camel-hair garment with a leather belt around his waist, and his food was locusts and wild honey.
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Then I saw Him open the sixth seal. A violent earthquake occurred; the sun turned black like sackcloth made of goat hair; the entire moon became like blood;
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Sackcloth » Illustrative » (heavens becoming black as,) of severe judgments
Then I saw Him open the sixth seal. A violent earthquake occurred; the sun turned black like sackcloth made of goat hair; the entire moon became like blood;
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Sackcloth » Of a black color
Then I saw Him open the sixth seal. A violent earthquake occurred; the sun turned black like sackcloth made of goat hair; the entire moon became like blood;
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Sackcloth » Was worn » Often over the whole person
When King Hezekiah heard [their report], he tore his clothes, covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the Lord's temple. Then he sent Eliakim, who was in charge of the palace, Shebna the court secretary, and the elders of the priests, covered with sackcloth, to the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz.
Sackcloth » Rough and unsightly
On that day every prophet will be ashamed of his vision when he prophesies; they will not put on a hairy cloak in order to deceive.
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Sackcloth » Was worn » Often with ropes on the head
His servants said to him, “Consider this: we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful kings. So let’s put sackcloth around our waists and ropes around our heads, and let’s go out to the king of Israel. Perhaps he will spare your life.”
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Sackcloth » Was worn » At funerals
David then ordered Joab and all the people who were with him, “Tear your clothes, put on sackcloth, and mourn over Abner.” And King David walked behind the funeral procession.
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Sackcloth » Illustrative » (covering the heavens with,) of severe judgments
and make sackcloth their clothing.
Sackcloth » Illustrative » (putting of,) of joy and gladness
You removed my sackcloth
and clothed me with gladness,
Sackcloth » Was worn » In the streets
on its rooftops and in its public squares everyone wails,
falling down and weeping.
Sackcloth » Was worn » With ashes on the head
When Mordecai learned all that had occurred, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth and ashes, went into the middle of the city, and cried loudly and bitterly.
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Sackcloth » No one clothed in, allowed into the palaces of kings
He only went as far as the King’s Gate, since the law prohibited anyone wearing sackcloth from entering the King’s Gate.
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Sackcloth » Worn » By jacob
Then Jacob tore his clothes, put sackcloth around his waist, and mourned for his son many days.
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Sackcloth » Animals covered with, at a time of national mourning
Furthermore, both man and beast must be covered with sackcloth, and everyone must call out earnestly to God. Each must turn from his evil ways and from the violence he is doing.
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