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Sackcloth
Nave’s Topical Bible, 1897 · source
- A symbol of mourning 1 Kings 20:311 Kings 20:32Job 16:15Isaiah 15:3Jeremiah 4:8Jeremiah 6:26Jeremiah 49:3Lamentations 2:10Ezekiel 7:18Daniel 9:3Joel 1:8
- Worn by Jacob when it was reported to him that Joseph had been devoured by wild animals Genesis 37:34
- Animals covered with, at a time of national mourning Jonah 3:8
- See Mourning