Bible Concordances
Sackcloth
Torrey's Topical Textbook
- Made of coarse hair
Matthew 3:4; Revelation 6:12
- Rough and unsightly
Zechariah 13:4
- Of a black colour
Revelation 6:12
- WAS WORN
- By God's prophets
2 Kings 1:8; Isaiah 20:2; Matthew 3:4; Revelation 11:3
- By persons in affliction
Nehemiah 9:1; Psalm 69:11; Jonah 3:5
- Girt about the loins
Genesis 37:34; 1 Kings 20:31
- Frequently next the skin in deep afflictions
1 Kings 21:27; 2 Kings 6:30; Job 16:15
- Often over the whole person
2 Kings 19:1,2
- With ashes on the head
Esther 4:1
- Often with ropes on the head
1 Kings 20:31
- In the streets
Isaiah 15:3
- At funerals
2 Samuel 3:31
- The Jews lay in, when in deep affliction
2 Samuel 21:10; 1 Kings 21:27; Joel 1:13
- No one clothed in, allowed into the palaces of kings
Esther 4:2
- ILLUSTRATIVE
- (Girding with,) of heavy afflictions
Isaiah 3:24; 22:12; 32:11
- (Covering the heavens with,) of severe judgments
Isaiah 50:3
- (Heavens becoming as,) of severe judgments
Revelation 6:12
- (Putting of,) of joy and gladness
Psalm 30:11
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Bibliography Information
Torrey, Reuben Archer. Entry for 'Sackcloth'. Torrey's Topical Textbook. https://www.studylight.org/​concordances/​eng/​ttt/​s/sackcloth.html. 1897.