Thematic Bible: Sackcloth
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David ordered Joab and all the people who were with him, "Tear your clothes, put on sackcloth, and mourn for Abner." King David walked behind the funeral procession,
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When King Hezekiah heard Eliakim's report, he tore his clothes, put on a sackcloth covering, entered the LORD's Temple,
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Girdles » Made of » Sackcloth
The leaders of cherished Zion sit silently on the ground; they throw dust on their heads and dress in mourning clothes. The young women of Jerusalem bow their heads in sorrow.
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"And it will come about that instead of fragrance there will be a stench; instead of a belt, a rope; instead of well-set hair, baldness; instead of a fine robe, sackcloth; and instead of beauty, shame.
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Sackcloth » A symbol of mourning
"Wail, Heshbon, because Ai is destroyed. Cry out, daughters of Rabbah, put on sackcloth and lament. Run back and forth inside the walls, for Milcom is going into exile along with his priests and his princes.
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The leaders of cherished Zion sit silently on the ground; they throw dust on their heads and dress in mourning clothes. The young women of Jerusalem bow their heads in sorrow.
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"So I turned my attention to the Lord God, seeking him in prayer and supplication, accompanied with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes.
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"They'll clothe themselves with sackcloth, terror will overcome them, shame will cover their faces, and baldness will spread over their entire heads.
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Daughter of my people, put on sackcloth and roll in ashes. Mourn with bitter wailing, as one mourns at the death of an only son. For the destroyer will come on us suddenly.
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"I've even sewn sackcloth directly to my skin; I've buried my strength in the dust.
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So, put on sackcloth, mourn and wail, because the burning anger of the LORD has not turned away from us."
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"Grieve like a virgin, who, dressed in her mourner's clothes, cries out in memory of the man she was going to marry.
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"Look, now," his advisors suggested, "we've heard that the Israeli kings are merciful. So let's clothe ourselves with sackcloth, tie our hair back with ropes, and go out to the king of Israel. Maybe he'll spare your life." So they put on some sackcloth, tied their hair back with ropes, and approached the king of Israel. "Your servant Ben-hadad says this," they said. "Please let me live." "Is he still alive?" Ahab asked. "He's my brother."
In its streets they wear sackcloth; on its rooftops and in its squares everyone wails and falls down weeping.
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Sackcloth » Was worn » By God's prophets
John had clothing made of camel's hair and wore a leather belt around his waist. His diet consisted of grasshoppers and wild honey.
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I will give my two witnesses who wear sackcloth the authority to prophesy for 1,260 days."
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They answered, "The man was a hairy fellow. He wore a leather sash around his waist." The king responded, "It's Elijah, that foreigner!"
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at that time the LORD spoke through Amoz's son Isaiah: "Go loosen the sackcloth that's around your waist, and take your sandals off your feet." So that's what he did: he went around naked and barefoot.
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Sackcloth » The jews lay in, when in deep affliction
Nevertheless, as soon as Ahab heard this message, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and fasted. He even slept in sackcloth and wandered around meekly.
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"Put on your mourning clothes, you priests; and cry aloud, you ministering servants at the altar! Come! Stay the night in mourner's clothes, you ministers of my God, because the grain offering and the wine offering is held back from the Temple of your God.
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Then Aiah's daughter Rizpah grabbed some sackcloth and spread it out for herself on the rock where her children had been hanged from the beginning of harvest until the first rain fell from the sky. She would not allow any scavenger birds to land on them during the day nor the beasts of the field to approach them at night.
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Sackcloth » Illustrative » (girding with,) of heavy afflictions
On that day the Lord GOD of the Heavenly Armies called for weeping and mourning, for shaving heads and wearing sackcloth.
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"And it will come about that instead of fragrance there will be a stench; instead of a belt, a rope; instead of well-set hair, baldness; instead of a fine robe, sackcloth; and instead of beauty, shame.
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So tremble, you ladies of leisure! Shudder, you daughters who feel so complacent! Strip down and make yourselves naked down to the waist! Then wrap yourself in sackcloth and beat your breasts.
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Sackcloth » Was worn » Frequently next the skin in deep afflictions
Nevertheless, as soon as Ahab heard this message, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and fasted. He even slept in sackcloth and wandered around meekly.
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"I've even sewn sackcloth directly to my skin; I've buried my strength in the dust.
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When the king heard what the woman said, he ripped his garments as he continued walking along the city wall. As the people watched, all of a sudden they noticed he was wearing sackcloth underneath his clothes, inside next to his flesh!
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Sackcloth » Was worn » By persons in affliction
The people of Nineveh believed God. They called for a fast and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them to the least important.
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On the twenty-fourth day of this same month, the Israelis gathered together while fasting, wearing sackcloth, and covering themselves with dust.
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When I dressed in sackcloth, I became an object of gossip among them.
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Sackcloth » Was worn » Girt about the loins
"Look, now," his advisors suggested, "we've heard that the Israeli kings are merciful. So let's clothe ourselves with sackcloth, tie our hair back with ropes, and go out to the king of Israel. Maybe he'll spare your life."
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So Jacob tore his clothes, dressed himself in sackcloth, and then mourned many days for his son.
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Sackcloth » Made of coarse hair
John had clothing made of camel's hair and wore a leather belt around his waist. His diet consisted of grasshoppers and wild honey.
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Then I saw the lamb open the sixth seal. There was a powerful earthquake. The sun turned as black as sackcloth made of hair, and the full moon turned as red as blood.
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Sackcloth » Illustrative » (heavens becoming black as,) of severe judgments
Then I saw the lamb open the sixth seal. There was a powerful earthquake. The sun turned as black as sackcloth made of hair, and the full moon turned as red as blood.
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Sackcloth » Of a black color
Then I saw the lamb open the sixth seal. There was a powerful earthquake. The sun turned as black as sackcloth made of hair, and the full moon turned as red as blood.
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Sackcloth » Was worn » Often over the whole person
When King Hezekiah heard Eliakim's report, he tore his clothes, put on a sackcloth covering, entered the LORD's Temple, and sent Eliakim the household supervisor, Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests all of them covered in sackcloth to Amoz's son, the prophet Isaiah.
Sackcloth » Rough and unsightly
Furthermore, it will come about at that time that every prophet will become ashamed of his vision as he prophesies. They will wear no rough garments intended to deceive others."
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Sackcloth » Was worn » Often with ropes on the head
"Look, now," his advisors suggested, "we've heard that the Israeli kings are merciful. So let's clothe ourselves with sackcloth, tie our hair back with ropes, and go out to the king of Israel. Maybe he'll spare your life."
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Sackcloth » Was worn » At funerals
David ordered Joab and all the people who were with him, "Tear your clothes, put on sackcloth, and mourn for Abner." King David walked behind the funeral procession,
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Sackcloth » Illustrative » (covering the heavens with,) of severe judgments
I clothe the skies with darkness and make sackcloth their covering."
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Sackcloth » Illustrative » (putting of,) of joy and gladness
You have turned my mourning into dancing; you took off my sackcloth and clothed me with a garment of joy,
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Sackcloth » Was worn » In the streets
In its streets they wear sackcloth; on its rooftops and in its squares everyone wails and falls down weeping.
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Sackcloth » Was worn » With ashes on the head
When Mordecai learned all that had been done, he tore his garments and clothed himself in sackcloth and ashes. He went into the middle of the city and cried out with a loud and bitter cry.
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Sackcloth » No one clothed in, allowed into the palaces of kings
He came as far as the front of the king's gate, because no one was allowed to enter the king's gate clothed in sackcloth.
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Sackcloth » Worn » By jacob
So Jacob tore his clothes, dressed himself in sackcloth, and then mourned many days for his son.
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Sackcloth » Animals covered with, at a time of national mourning
No man or animal, herd or flock, is to taste anything, graze, or drink water. Instead, let both man and animal clothe themselves with sackcloth and cry out to God forcefully. Let every person turn from his evil ways and from his tendency to do violence.
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