4 occurrences

'Sackcloth' in the Bible

For this, gird you with sackcloth, lament and howl! for the fierce anger of Jehovah is not turned away from us.

Verse ConceptsClothLamentingHaircloth

Daughter of my people, gird thee with sackcloth, and roll thyself in ashes: make mourning, as for an only son bitter lamentation; for the spoiler cometh suddenly upon us.

Verse ConceptsAshesLamentingSuddenlyThose Who DestroyAshes Of HumiliationOthers Mourning

For every head is bald, and every beard clipped; upon all the hands are cuttings, and upon the loins sackcloth.

Verse ConceptsBarbersBaldnessBeardsHairsHeadsKnivesMourningGashing Bodies

Howl, Heshbon! for Ai is laid waste; cry, daughters of Rabbah, gird you with sackcloth, lament and run to and fro within the enclosures: for Malcam shall go into captivity, his priests and his princes together.

Verse ConceptsAi, The CitySackcloth And AshesAfflictions Of The WickedExiled Foreigners

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Sackcloth (47 instances)

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שׂק 
Saq 
Usage: 48

σάκκος 
Sakkos 
Usage: 2