Sackcloth: A Symbol of Mourning

Scripture references

• 1Ki 20:31, 32 Then the servants of Ben-hadad said to him, “Look now, we have heard
• Job 16:15 I have sewn sackcloth over my skin; I have buried my horn in the dust.
• Isa 15:3 In its streets they wear sackcloth; on the rooftops and in the public
• Jer 4:8 So put on sackcloth, mourn and wail, for the fierce anger of the LORD has
• Jer 6:26 O daughter of my people, dress yourselves in sackcloth and roll in ashes.
• Jer 49:3 Wail, O Heshbon, for Ai has been destroyed; cry out, O daughters of
• Lam 2:10 The elders of the Daughter of Zion sit on the ground in silence. They have
• Eze 7:18 They will put on sackcloth, and terror will overwhelm them. Shame will
• Dan 9:3 So I turned my attention to the Lord God to seek Him by prayer and
• Joe 1:8 Wail like a virgin dressed in sackcloth, grieving for the husband of her