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EBD: Sackcloth
SMITH: SACKCLOTH
ISBE: SACKCLOTH
BRIDGEWAY: SACKCLOTH
Sackcloth
NET Glossary: a coarse cloth often made of goat or camel's hair worn as a sign of mourning or penitence
Sackcloth [nave]
SACKCLOTHA symbol of mourning, 1 Kin. 20:31, 32; Job 16:15; Isa. 15:3; Jer. 4:8; 6:26; 49:3; Lam. 2:10; Ezek. 7:18; Dan. 9:3; Joel 1:8.
Worn by Jacob when it was reported to him that Joseph had been devoured by wild beasts, Gen. 37:34.
Animals covered with, at time of national mourning, Jonah 3:8.
See: Mourning.
Sackcloth [ebd]
cloth made of black goats' hair, coarse, rough, and thick, used for sacks, and also worn by mourners (Gen. 37:34; 42:25; 2 Sam. 3:31; Esther 4:1, 2; Ps. 30:11, etc.), and as a sign of repentance (Matt. 11:21). It was put upon animals by the people of Nineveh (Jonah 3:8).
SACKCLOTH [smith]
cloth used in making sacks or bags, a coarse fabric, of a dark color, made of goat?s hair, (Isaiah 50:3; Revelation 6:12) end resembling the eilicium of the Romans. It, was used also for making the rough garments used by mourners, which were in extreme cases worn next the skin. (1Â Kings 21:27; 2Â Kings 6:30; Job 16:15; Isaiah 32:11)SACKCLOTH [bridgeway]
People put on sackcloth as a sign of mourning, whether for those who had just died (Gen 37:34; 2 Sam 3:31), for some personal distress (Job 16:15), or for a national disaster (Esther 4:1; Lam 2:10). They also put on sackcloth as a sign of sorrow for personal sins (1 Kings 21:27-29; Neh 9:1-2) or urgency in prayer (Dan 9:3). The sackcloth was worn either over the top of, or instead of, their normal clothing (2 Kings 6:30; Job 16:15; Jonah 3:6; see DRESS).
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