60 verses contain “sackcloth” (in the KJV: 58, in the BSB: 48) — showing 1–60
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And Jacob rent his clothes, and put
sackcloth upon his loins, and
mourned for his son many days.
Then Jacob
tore his clothes, put
sackcloth around his
waist, and
mourned for his son many days.
And upon
whatsoever any of them, when they are dead,
doth fall, it shall be unclean; whether it be any vessel of wood, or
raiment, or skin, or
sack,
whatsoever vessel it be, wherein any work is done, it must be put into water, and it shall be unclean until the even; so it shall be
cleansed.
When one of them dies and falls on something, that article becomes unclean; any article of wood, clothing, leather,
sackcloth, or any
implement used for work must be
rinsed with water and will remain unclean until evening; then it will be clean.
And David said to
Joab, and to all the people that were with him,
Rend your clothes, and
gird you with
sackcloth, and
mourn before
Abner. And king David himself followed the
bier.
Then David ordered
Joab and all the people with him, “
Tear your clothes, put on
sackcloth, and
mourn before
Abner.” And King David himself walked behind the funeral
bier.
David therefore
besought God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night upon the earth.
David
pleaded with God for the boy. He fasted and went into his house and spent the night lying in
sackcloth on the ground.
And Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth, and spread it for her upon the rock, from the beginning of harvest until water dropped upon them out of heaven, and suffered neither the birds of the air to rest on them by day, nor the beasts of the field by night.
And Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth and spread it out for herself on a rock. From the beginning of the harvest until the rain from heaven poured down on the bodies, she did not allow the birds of the air to rest on them by day, nor the beasts of the field by night.
And his servants said unto him, Behold now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are
merciful kings: let us, I pray thee, put
sackcloth on our loins, and ropes upon our heads, and go out to the king of Israel:
peradventure he will save thy life.
Then the servants of Ben-
hadad said to him, “Look now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are
merciful. Let us go out to the king of Israel with
sackcloth around our waists and ropes around our heads. Perhaps he will
spare your life.”
So they
girded sackcloth on their loins, and put ropes on their heads, and came to the king of Israel, and said, Thy servant Ben-
hadad saith, I pray thee, let me live. And he said, Is he yet alive? he is my brother.
So with
sackcloth around their waists and ropes around their heads, they went to the king of Israel and said, “Your servant Ben-
hadad says, ‘Please
spare my life.’” And the king answered, “Is he still alive? He is my brother.”
And it came to pass, when
Ahab heard those words, that he rent his clothes, and put
sackcloth upon his flesh, and fasted, and lay in
sackcloth, and went softly.
When
Ahab heard these words, he
tore his clothes, put on
sackcloth, and fasted. He lay down in
sackcloth and walked around
meekly.
And it came to pass, when the king heard the words of the woman, that he rent his clothes; and he passed by upon the wall, and the people looked, and, behold, he had sackcloth within upon his flesh.
When the king heard the words of the woman, he
tore his clothes. And as he passed by on the wall, the people saw the
sackcloth under his clothes next to his skin.
And it came to pass, when king
Hezekiah heard it, that he rent his clothes, and covered himself with
sackcloth, and went into the house of the LORD.
On hearing this report, King
Hezekiah tore his clothes, put on
sackcloth, and entered the house of the LORD.
And he sent Eliakim, which was over the household, and Shebna the
scribe, and the elders of the priests, covered with
sackcloth, to Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz.
And he sent Eliakim the palace
administrator, Shebna the
scribe, and the leading priests, all wearing
sackcloth, to the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz
And David lifted up his eyes, and saw the angel of the LORD stand between the earth and the heaven, having a drawn sword in his hand stretched out over Jerusalem. Then David and the elders of Israel, who were clothed in sackcloth, fell upon their faces.
When David lifted up his eyes and saw the angel of the LORD standing between heaven and earth, with a drawn sword in his hand stretched out over Jerusalem, David and the elders, clothed in sackcloth, fell facedown.
Now in the twenty and fourth day of this month the children of Israel were assembled with fasting, and with sackclothes, and earth upon them.
On the twenty-fourth day of the same month, the Israelites gathered together, fasting and wearing sackcloth, with dust on their heads.
When
Mordecai perceived all that was done,
Mordecai rent his clothes, and put on
sackcloth with ashes, and went out into the midst of the city, and
cried with a loud and a bitter cry;
When
Mordecai learned of all that had happened, he
tore his clothes, put on
sackcloth and ashes, and went out into the middle of the city,
wailing loudly and bitterly.
And came even before the king’s gate: for none might enter into the king’s gate clothed with sackcloth.
But he went only as far as the king’s gate, because the law prohibited
anyone wearing
sackcloth from entering that gate.
And in every province,
whithersoever the king’s commandment and his decree came, there was great
mourning among the Jews, and fasting, and
weeping, and
wailing; and many lay in
sackcloth and ashes.
In every province to which the king’s command and edict came, there was great
mourning among the Jews. They fasted,
wept, and
lamented, and many lay in
sackcloth and ashes.
So
Esther’s maids and her chamberlains came and told it her. Then was the queen exceedingly
grieved; and she sent
raiment to
clothe Mordecai, and to take away his
sackcloth from him: but he received it not.
When
Esther’s maidens and eunuchs came and told her about
Mordecai, the queen was overcome with distress. She sent clothes for
Mordecai to wear instead of his
sackcloth, but he would not accept them.
I have
sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and
defiled my horn in the dust.
I have
sewn sackcloth over my skin; I have buried my horn in the dust.
Thou hast turned for me my
mourning into dancing: thou hast put off my
sackcloth, and
girded me with
gladness;
You turned my
mourning into dancing; You
peeled off my
sackcloth and clothed me with joy,
But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was
sackcloth: I humbled my soul with fasting; and my prayer returned into mine own
bosom.
Yet when they were ill, I put on sackcloth; I humbled myself with fasting, but my prayers returned unanswered.
I made
sackcloth also my garment; and I became a
proverb to them.
I made
sackcloth my clothing, and I was
sport to them.
And it shall come to pass, that instead of sweet smell there shall be
stink; and instead of a
girdle a rent; and instead of well set hair
baldness; and instead of a stomacher a
girding of
sackcloth; and burning instead of beauty.
Instead of
fragrance there will be a
stench; instead of a belt, a rope; instead of styled hair,
baldness; instead of fine clothing,
sackcloth; instead of beauty, shame.
In their streets they shall
gird themselves with
sackcloth: on the tops of their houses, and in their streets, every one shall
howl,
weeping abundantly.
In its streets they wear
sackcloth; on the rooftops and in the public squares they all
wail, falling down
weeping.
At the same time spake the LORD by Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, Go and loose the
sackcloth from off thy loins, and put off thy
shoe from thy foot. And he did so, walking naked and
barefoot.
the LORD had already spoken through Isaiah son of Amoz, saying, “Go, remove the
sackcloth from your
waist and the
sandals from your feet.” And Isaiah did so, walking around naked and
barefoot.
On that day the Lord GOD of Hosts called for
weeping and
wailing, for
shaven heads and the wearing of
sackcloth.
Tremble, ye women that are at ease; be troubled, ye careless ones: strip you, and make you bare, and
gird sackcloth upon your loins.
And it came to pass, when king
Hezekiah heard it, that he rent his clothes, and covered himself with
sackcloth, and went into the house of the LORD.
On hearing this report, King
Hezekiah tore his clothes, put on
sackcloth, and entered the house of the LORD.
And he sent Eliakim, who was over the household, and Shebna the
scribe, and the elders of the priests covered with
sackcloth, unto Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz.
And he sent Eliakim the palace
administrator, Shebna the
scribe, and the leading priests, all wearing
sackcloth, to the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz
I
clothe the heavens with blackness, and I make
sackcloth their covering.
I
clothe the heavens in black and make
sackcloth their covering.”
Is it such a fast that I have chosen? a day for a man to
afflict his soul? is it to bow down his head as a
bulrush, and to spread
sackcloth and ashes under him?
wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the LORD?
Is this the fast I have chosen: a day for a man to deny himself, to bow his head like a reed, and to spread out sackcloth and ashes? Will you call this a fast and a day acceptable to the LORD?
For this
gird you with
sackcloth,
lament and
howl: for the fierce anger of the LORD is not turned back from us.
So put on
sackcloth,
mourn and
wail, for the fierce anger of the LORD has not turned away from us.”
O daughter of my people, dress
yourselves in
sackcloth and roll in ashes.
Mourn with bitter
wailing, as you would for an only son, for suddenly the destroyer will come upon us.
For every head shall be
bald, and every
beard clipped: upon all the hands shall be cuttings, and upon the loins
sackcloth.
Howl, O
Heshbon, for
Ai is
spoiled: cry, ye daughters of Rabbah,
gird you with
sackcloth;
lament, and run to and
fro by the hedges; for their king shall go into captivity, and his priests and his princes together.
Wail, O
Heshbon, for
Ai has been destroyed; cry out, O daughters of Rabbah! Put on
sackcloth and
mourn; run back and forth within your walls, for Milcom will go into exile together with his priests and officials.
The elders of the daughter of
Zion sit upon the ground, and keep silence: they have cast up dust upon their heads; they have
girded themselves with
sackcloth: the virgins of Jerusalem
hang down their heads to the ground.
The elders of the Daughter of
Zion sit on the ground in silence. They have thrown dust on their heads and put on
sackcloth. The young women of Jerusalem have bowed their heads to the ground.
They shall also
gird themselves with
sackcloth, and
horror shall cover them; and shame shall be upon all faces, and
baldness upon all their heads.
They will put on
sackcloth, and terror will
overwhelm them. Shame will cover all their faces, and all their heads will be
shaved.
And they shall make themselves utterly
bald for thee, and
gird them with
sackcloth, and they shall
weep for thee with bitterness of heart and bitter
wailing.
And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes:
So I turned my attention to the Lord God to seek Him by prayer and petition, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes.
Lament like a virgin
girded with
sackcloth for the husband of her youth.
Wail like a virgin dressed in
sackcloth,
grieving for the husband of her youth.
Gird yourselves, and
lament, ye priests:
howl, ye ministers of the altar: come, lie all night in
sackcloth, ye ministers of my God: for the meat offering and the drink offering is
withholden from the house of your God.
Put on
sackcloth and
lament, O priests;
wail, O ministers of the altar. Come,
spend the night in
sackcloth, O ministers of my God, because the grain and drink offerings are
withheld from the house of your God.
And I will turn your feasts into
mourning, and all your songs into
lamentation; and I will bring up
sackcloth upon all loins, and
baldness upon every head; and I will make it as the
mourning of an only son, and the end thereof as a bitter day.
I will turn your feasts into
mourning and all your songs into
lamentation. I will cause
everyone to wear
sackcloth and every head to be
shaved. I will make it like a time of
mourning for an only son, and its outcome like a bitter day.
So the people of
Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and put on
sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them.
And the Ninevites believed God. They proclaimed a fast and dressed in sackcloth, from the greatest of them to the least.
For word came unto the king of
Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, and he laid his
robe from him, and covered him with
sackcloth, and sat in ashes.
When word reached the king of
Nineveh, he got up from his throne, took off his royal
robe, covered himself with
sackcloth, and sat in ashes.
But let man and beast be covered with
sackcloth, and cry
mightily unto God:
yea, let them turn every one from his evil way, and from the violence that is in their hands.
Furthermore, let both man and beast be covered with
sackcloth, and have
everyone call out earnestly to God. Let each one turn from his evil ways and from the violence in his hands.
Woe unto thee, Chorazin!
woe unto thee,
Bethsaida! for if the mighty works, which were done in you, had been done in Tyre and
Sidon, they would have
repented long ago in
sackcloth and ashes.
“
Woe to you, Chorazin!
Woe to you,
Bethsaida! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Tyre and
Sidon, they would have
repented long ago in
sackcloth and ashes.
Woe unto thee, Chorazin!
woe unto thee,
Bethsaida! for if the mighty works had been done in Tyre and
Sidon, which have been done in you, they had a great while ago
repented, sitting in
sackcloth and ashes.
Woe to you, Chorazin!
Woe to you,
Bethsaida! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Tyre and
Sidon, they would have
repented long ago, sitting in
sackcloth and ashes.
And I
beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great
earthquake; and the sun became black as
sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood;
And when I saw the Lamb open the sixth seal, there was a great
earthquake, and the sun became black like
sackcloth of goat hair, and the whole moon turned blood red,
And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall
prophesy a thousand two hundred and
threescore days, clothed in
sackcloth.
And I will
empower my two witnesses, and they will
prophesy for 1,260 days, clothed in
sackcloth.”
Both they, and their wives and their children, and their cattle, and every stranger and
hireling, and their servants bought with money, put
sackcloth upon their loins.
Thus every man and women, and the little children, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, fell before the temple, and cast ashes upon their heads, and spread out their sackcloth before the face of the Lord: also they put sackcloth about the altar,
And Joacim the high priest, and all the priests that stood before the Lord, and they which ministered unto the Lord, had their loins
girt with
sackcloth, and offered the daily burnt offerings, with the vows and free gifts of the people,
And she made her a tent upon the top of her house, and put on
sackcloth upon her loins and ware her widow’s
apparel.
Judith fell upon her face, and put ashes upon her head, and uncovered the
sackcloth wherewith she was clothed; and about the time that the incense of that evening was offered in Jerusalem in the house of the Lord
Judith cried with a loud voice, and said,
And pulled off the
sackcloth which she had on, and put off the garments of her
widowhood, and washed her body all over with water, and
anointed herself with precious
ointment, and
braided the hair of her head, and put on a
tire upon it, and put on her garments of
gladness,
wherewith she was
clad during the life of Manasses her husband.
The wickedness of a woman changeth her face, and darkeneth her countenance like sackcloth.
I have put off the clothing of peace, and put upon me the
sackcloth of my prayer: I will cry unto the
Everlasting in my days.
Then Mattathias and his sons rent their clothes, and put on
sackcloth, and
mourned very
sore.
Then they fasted that day, and put on sackcloth, and cast ashes upon their heads, and rent their clothes,
And the women,
girt with
sackcloth under their breasts, abounded in the streets, and the virgins that were kept in ran, some to the gates, and some to the walls, and others looked out of the windows.
But when he drew near, they that were with Maccabeus turned themselves to pray unto God, and
sprinkled earth upon their heads, and
girded their loins with
sackcloth,