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Sackcloth
Made of coarse hair - Mt 3:4; Re 6:12
Rough and unsightly - Zec 13:4
Of a black colour - Re 6:12
WAS WORN
- By God's prophets
- 2Ki 1:8; Isa 20:2; Mt 3:4; Re 11:3- By persons in affliction
- Ne 9:1; Ps 69:11; Jon 3:5- Girt about the loins
- Ge 37:34; 1Ki 20:31- Frequently next the skin in deep afflictions
- 1Ki 21:27; 2Ki 6:30; Job 16:15- Often over the whole person
- 2Ki 19:1,2- With ashes on the head
- Es 4:1- Often with ropes on the head
- 1Ki 20:31- In the streets
- Isa 15:3- At funerals
- 2Sa 3:31The Jews lay in, when in deep affliction - 2Sa 21:10; 1Ki 21:27; Joe 1:13
No one clothed in, allowed into the palaces of kings - Es 4:2
ILLUSTRATIVE
- (Girding with,) of heavy afflictions
- Isa 3:24; 22:12; 32:11- (Covering the heavens with,) of severe judgments
- Isa 50:3- (Heavens becoming as,) of severe judgments
- Re 6:12- (Putting of,) of joy and gladness
- Ps 30:11 Next Topic (Sacrifices)