Quotes about Sackcloth
Yet when they were ill, I put on sackcloth; I humbled myself with fasting, but my prayers returned unanswered.
— Psalm 35:13
I made sackcloth my clothing, and I was sport to them.
— Psalm 69:11
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.
— Isaiah 3:24
In its streets they wear sackcloth; on the rooftops and in the public squares they all wail, falling down weeping.
— Isaiah 15:3
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.
— Isaiah 20:2
On hearing this report, King Hezekiah tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and entered the house of the LORD.
— Isaiah 37:1
And he sent Eliakim the palace administrator, Shebna the scribe, and the leading priests, all wearing sackcloth, to the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz
— Isaiah 37:2
I clothe the heavens in black and make sackcloth their covering.”
— Isaiah 50:3
So put on sackcloth, mourn and wail, for the fierce anger of the LORD has not turned away from us.”
— Jeremiah 4:8
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.
— Jeremiah 49:3
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.
— Lamentations 2:10
They will put on sackcloth, and terror will overwhelm them. Shame will cover all their faces, and all their heads will be shaved.
— Ezekiel 7:18