Thematic Bible: Sackcloth


Thematic Bible



And David said to Joab and to all the people that were with him, "Rent your clothes and put on sackcloth and mourn before Abner." And king David himself followed the bier. Verse ConceptsGesturesClothingClothSackcloth And AshesPreparation For Burial

Then king Hezekiah heard that, he rent his clothes and put on sackcloth, and went into the house of the LORD. Verse ConceptsClothThose Who Tore Clothes

{Yod} The Senators of the daughter Zion sit upon the ground in silence: they have strawed ashes upon their heads, and girded themselves with sackcloth. The maidens of Jerusalem hang down their heads to the ground. Verse ConceptsdaughtersDust, Figurative UseBowingHeadsSackcloth And AshesSprinklingClothing OneselfBowing Heads Before GodSitting In DejectionDust On The HeadIndividuals Being Silent

And instead of good smell there shall be stink among them. And for their girdles there shall be loose bands. And for well set hair there shall be baldness. Instead of a stomacher, a sackcloth; and for their beauty, witheredness and sunburning. Verse ConceptsBaldness, Figurative UseClothHairsSackcloth And AshesSmellsPeople RottingFragranceMarks On PeopleAppearance Of HairNo BeautyWomen's BeautyHairmakeupbranding

Heshbon shall mourn, for it shall be rooted out of the ground, sayeth the LORD. The cities of Rabbah shall cry out, and gird themselves with sackcloth. They shall mourn, and run about the walls; for their king shall be led away prisoner: yea his priests and princes with him. Verse ConceptsAi, The CitySackcloth And AshesAfflictions Of The WickedExiled Foreigners

{Yod} The Senators of the daughter Zion sit upon the ground in silence: they have strawed ashes upon their heads, and girded themselves with sackcloth. The maidens of Jerusalem hang down their heads to the ground. Verse ConceptsdaughtersDust, Figurative UseBowingHeadsSackcloth And AshesSprinklingClothing OneselfBowing Heads Before GodSitting In DejectionDust On The HeadIndividuals Being Silent


they shall gird themselves with sack cloth, fear shall fall upon them. Their faces shall be confounded, and their heads bald; Verse ConceptsBaldnessHeadsKnivesMourningShavingFoul ClothesShame Will Come

Wherefore, gird a sackcloth about thee, O daughter of my people; sprinkle thyself with ashes, mourn and weep bitterly, as upon the only beloved son: for the destroyer shall suddenly fall upon us. Verse ConceptsAshesLamentingSuddenlyThose Who DestroyAshes Of HumiliationOthers Mourning

I have sewed a sackcloth upon my skin, and lie with my strength in the dust. Verse ConceptsSackcloth And AshesHorns Weakened

Wherefore gird yourselves about with sackcloth, mourn, and weep, for the fearful wrath of the LORD shall not be withdrawn from you." Verse ConceptsClothLamentingHaircloth


Then said his servants unto him, "Behold, we have heard say that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful kings. Let us put sack cloth about our Loins and ropes about our heads, and go out to the king of Israel: haply he will save thy life." And they girded sack cloth about their loins and put ropes about their heads, and went out to the king of Israel and said, "Thy servant Benhadad sayeth, 'I pray thee let me live.'" And he said, "Is he yet alive? He is my brother." And they took the word for good luck and hastily caught it out of his mouth, and said, "Yea, thy brother Benhadad."

In their streets were they girded about with sackcloth. In all the tops of their houses and streets was there nothing, but mourning and weeping. Verse ConceptsProstrationRoofSackcloth And AshesSorrowRooftop

This John had his garment of camel's hair, and a girdle of a skin about his loins; his meat was locusts and wild honey. Verse ConceptsLeatherClothingBeltsAsceticism, People PracticingHairsInsectsJohn The BaptistLocustsWaistsHoneyHairclothHair GarmentsChristmas Tree

"And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy one thousand two 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

And they said unto him, "It was a hairy man and girded with a girdle of a skin about his loins." And he said unto them, "It is Elijah the Tishbite." Verse ConceptsLeatherClothingBeltsHairsAnimal SkinsHairy PeopleHairclothHair Garments

Then spake the LORD unto Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, "Go, and loose off that sackcloth from thy loins, and put off thy shoes from thy feet." And so he did, going naked and barefoot. Verse ConceptsBodyBarefeet

When Ahab heard those words, he rent his clothes and put sackcloth about his flesh and fasted, and lay in sack and went comfortless. Verse ConceptsTearing Of ClothesGesturesClothAsceticism, TypesRegretRepentance, Examples OfSackcloth And AshesAfflictions Of The WickedConviction Of SinThose Who Tore ClothesDepression

Gird you, and make your moan, O ye priests: mourn ye ministers of the alter: go your way in, and sleep in sackcloth, O ye officers of my God: for the meat and drink offering shall be taken away 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 under her upon the rock, even from the beginning of harvest until rain dropped upon them out of heaven, and suffered neither the birds of the air to fall on them by day nor beasts of the field by night. Verse ConceptsMaternal LoveLove, And The WorldRainProtection Day And NightWild Beasts SubduedBirds EatingBirdsTragedy

And at the same time shall the LORD of Hosts call men to weeping, mourning, to baldness and a putting on of sackcloth. Verse ConceptsGesturesBaldness, UnnaturalBaldnessHairsMourning

And instead of good smell there shall be stink among them. And for their girdles there shall be loose bands. And for well set hair there shall be baldness. Instead of a stomacher, a sackcloth; and for their beauty, witheredness and sunburning. Verse ConceptsBaldness, Figurative UseClothHairsSackcloth And AshesSmellsPeople RottingFragranceMarks On PeopleAppearance Of HairNo BeautyWomen's BeautyHairmakeupbranding

O ye rich idle cities, ye that fear no peril: ye shall be abashed and removed, when ye see the bareness, the nakedness, and preparing to war. Verse ConceptsShakingPeople Stripping Off

When Ahab heard those words, he rent his clothes and put sackcloth about his flesh and fasted, and lay in sack and went comfortless. Verse ConceptsTearing Of ClothesGesturesClothAsceticism, TypesRegretRepentance, Examples OfSackcloth And AshesAfflictions Of The WickedConviction Of SinThose Who Tore ClothesDepression

I have sewed a sackcloth upon my skin, and lie with my strength in the dust. Verse ConceptsSackcloth And AshesHorns Weakened

When the king heard the words of the woman, he rent his clothes even as he was walking on the walls. And when the people looked upon him: see, he was clothed in sack under. Verse ConceptsBodySackcloth And AshesThose Who Tore Clothes

And the people of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed fasting, and arrayed themselves in sackcloth, as well the great as the small of them. Verse ConceptsAbstinence as a disciplineReligionRepentance, Examples OfGreat And SmallBelieving In GodOthers Believing In GodFastingFasting And Prayerjonah

In the four and twentieth day of this month came the children of Israel together with fasting, and sackcloth, and earth upon them, Verse ConceptsClothAsceticism, TypesRepentance, Examples OfSackcloth And AshesFasting, Accompanied ByMonth 7FastingFasting And Prayer

I put on a sackcloth, and therefore they jested upon me. Verse ConceptsSportsliberation

Then said his servants unto him, "Behold, we have heard say that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful kings. Let us put sack cloth about our Loins and ropes about our heads, and go out to the king of Israel: haply he will save thy life." Verse ConceptsRopesSackcloth And AshesPeople Showing Mercyhumor

And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth about his loins, and sorrowed for his son a long season. Verse ConceptsClothClothing, Tearing OfBereavement, Expression OfLossSackcloth And AshesTearing Of ClothesThose Who Tore ClothesAction For A Long Time

This John had his garment of camel's hair, and a girdle of a skin about his loins; his meat was locusts and wild honey. Verse ConceptsLeatherClothingBeltsAsceticism, People PracticingHairsInsectsJohn The BaptistLocustsWaistsHoneyHairclothHair GarmentsChristmas Tree




Then king Hezekiah heard that, he rent his clothes and put on sackcloth, and went into the house of the LORD. Furthermore he sent Eliakim, steward of the household, and Shebnah the scribe, and the elders of the priests clothed in sackcloth, to Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz.

And then shall those prophets be confounded, everyone of his vision when he prophesieth: neither shall they wear sackcloth anymore, to deceive men withal. Verse ConceptsHairsNo VisionsAvoiding DeceitHairclothShame Of Bad Conduct

Then said his servants unto him, "Behold, we have heard say that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful kings. Let us put sack cloth about our Loins and ropes about our heads, and go out to the king of Israel: haply he will save thy life." Verse ConceptsRopesSackcloth And AshesPeople Showing Mercyhumor

And David said to Joab and to all the people that were with him, "Rent your clothes and put on sackcloth and mourn before Abner." And king David himself followed the bier. Verse ConceptsGesturesClothingClothSackcloth And AshesPreparation For Burial

As for heaven, I clothe it with darkness, and put as it were a sack upon it. Verse Conceptsdarkness, naturalBlacknessSackcloth And AshesSkyColors, Black


In their streets were they girded about with sackcloth. In all the tops of their houses and streets was there nothing, but mourning and weeping. Verse ConceptsProstrationRoofSackcloth And AshesSorrowRooftop

When Mordecai perceived all that was done, he rent his clothes, and put on sackcloth and ashes, and went out into the midst of the city, and cried loud and lamentably, Verse ConceptsTearing Of ClothesAshesLamentingThose Who Tore ClothesAshes Of Humiliation

and came before the king's gate: for there might no man enter within the king's gate, that had a sackcloth on. Verse ConceptsComing To Gates

And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth about his loins, and sorrowed for his son a long season. Verse ConceptsClothClothing, Tearing OfBereavement, Expression OfLossSackcloth And AshesTearing Of ClothesThose Who Tore ClothesAction For A Long Time

And they put on sackcloth both man and beast, and cried unto God mightily, and turned every man from his wicked way, and from doing wrong in which they were accustomed, saying, Verse ConceptsImportunity, Towards GodAvoiding ViolenceBoth Men And Animals Affectedjonah