Sackcloth was Worn by God's Prophets
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2 Kings 1:8
And they answered him, He was an hairy man, and girt with a girdle of leather about his loins. And he said, It is Elijah the Tishbite.
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Isaiah 20:2
At the same time spoke the LORD by Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, Go and loose the sackcloth from off your loins, and put off your shoe from your foot. And he did so, walking naked and barefoot.
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Matthew 3:4
And the same John had his raiment of camel's hair, and a leather girdle about his loins; and his meat was locusts and wild honey.
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Revelation 11:3
And I will give power to my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and three score days, clothed in sackcloth.
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The Baptist's Inquiry and Jesus' Discourse Suggested Thereby.
... It was called sackcloth because, being strong and durable, it was ... among rank weeds
for their weather-worn stones the tokens of God's displeasure against ...
/.../mcgarvey/the four-fold gospel/xlv the baptists inquiry and.htm

The Bible and the French Revolution.
... rule the witnesses prophesied, "clothed in sackcloth." But another ... is a fearful thing
to have worn out the ... The restraining Spirit of God, which imposes a check ...
/.../white/the great controversy between christ and satan /15 the bible and the.htm

The Bible and the French Revolution
... rule the witnesses prophesied "clothed in sackcloth." But another ... is a fearful thing
to have worn out the ... The restraining Spirit of God, which imposes a check ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/white/the great controversy/chapter 15 the bible and.htm

Chapter xxxvii
... Perhaps the fear of God (Genesis 35:5) was still upon ... taraph (KS215 d; GK113 w).
The sackcloth Jacob puts ... the nature of old gunny sacks"usually worn over the ...
/.../leupold/exposition of genesis volume 1/chapter xxxvii.htm

The First vision "On Earth"
... yoke"; and because yokes are generally worn by oxen ... cloudless, instead of being
"black as sackcloth of hair ... is the Divine distinguishing mark which God sets upon ...
/.../bullinger/commentary on revelation/the first vision on earth.htm

Letter xxii. To Eustochium.
... Lord." [555] When you do alms, let God alone see ... deliberately lower your voice as
though worn out with ... is sombre, their girdles are of sackcloth, their hands ...
/.../jerome/the principal works of st jerome/letter xxii to eustochium.htm

The Second vision "On Earth"
... tails refer to the horse-tails worn by the ... only obscures instead of elucidating the
word of God. ... hundred and sixty days, clothed in sackcloth.] Literally, it ...
/.../bullinger/commentary on revelation/the second vision on earth.htm

How Joshua, the Commander of the Hebrews, Made War with The
... enemies bold with success; so they put sackcloth over their ... when they came out, but
were greatly worn by the ... they understood that, by the favor of God, and his ...
/.../josephus/the antiquities of the jews/chapter 1 how joshua the.htm

A Discourse
... of light, as she will be when her sackcloth is put off ... defence of our souls, and
the worship of God; this alone ... This piece of armour, I suppose, was worn in old ...
/.../bunyan/the works of john bunyan volumes 1-3/a discourse.htm

Scriptural Poems; Being Several Portions of Scripture Digested ...
... having been printed on very bad paper, and worn out by ... up, and prepar'd to go To
Nineveh, as God had bid ... one, From greatest to the least, put sackcloth on: For ...
/.../scriptural poems being several portions.htm

Resources
What is the meaning of sackcloth and ashes? | GotQuestions.org

What is a garment of praise (Isaiah 61:3)? | GotQuestions.org

Is corporate confession of sin biblical? | GotQuestions.org

Sackcloth: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com

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