Quotes about Sackcloth
Then Jacob tore his clothes, put sackcloth around his waist, and mourned for his son many days.
— Genesis 37:34
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.
— 2 Samuel 3:31
When Ahab heard these words, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and fasted. He lay down in sackcloth and walked around meekly.
— 1 Kings 21:27
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.
— 2 Kings 6:30
On hearing this report, King Hezekiah tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and entered the house of the LORD.
— 2 Kings 19:1
And he sent Eliakim the palace administrator, Shebna the scribe, and the leading priests, all wearing sackcloth, to the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz
— 2 Kings 19:2
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.
— 1 Chronicles 21:16
On the twenty-fourth day of the same month, the Israelites gathered together, fasting and wearing sackcloth, with dust on their heads.
— Nehemiah 9:1
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.
— Esther 4:1
But he went only as far as the king’s gate, because the law prohibited anyone wearing sackcloth from entering that gate.
— Esther 4:2
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.
— Esther 4:3
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.
— Esther 4:4