SACKCLOTH

SACKCLOTH

1. Made of coarse hair # Mt 3:4 Re 6:12
2. Rough and unsightly # Zec 13:4
3. Of a black colour # Re 6:12
4. WAS WORN 4a) By God’s prophets

   # 2Ki 1:8 Isa 20:2 Mt 3:4 Re 11:3

4b) By persons in affliction # Ne 9:1 Ps 69:11 Jon 3:5 4c) Girt about the loins # Ge 37:34 1Ki 20:31 4d) Frequently next the skin in deep afflictions # 1Ki 21:27 2Ki 6:30 Job 16:15 4e) Often over the whole person # 2Ki 19:1,2 4f) With ashes on the head # Es 4:1 4g) Often with ropes on the head # 1Ki 20:31 4h) In the streets # Isa 15:3 4i) At funerals # 2Sa 3:31 5) The Jews lay in, when in deep affliction # 2Sa 21:10 1Ki 21:27 Joe 1:13 6) No one clothed in, allowed into the palaces of kings # Es 4:2 7) ILLUSTRATIVE 7a) (Girding with,) of heavy afflictions # Isa 3:24 22:12 32:11 7b) (Covering the heavens with,) of severe judgments # Isa 50:3 7c) (Heavens becoming as,) of severe judgments # Re 6:12 7d) (Putting of,) of joy and gladness # Ps 30:11