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SACKCLOTH
Torrey's New Topical Textbook
Made of coarse hair
Rough and unsightly
Of a black colour
The Jews lay in, when in deep affliction
No one clothed in, allowed into the palaces of kings
WAS WORN
By God's prophets
By persons in affliction
Girt about the loins
Frequently next the skin in deep afflictions
Often over the whole person
With ashes on the head
Often with ropes on the head
In the streets
At funerals
ILLUSTRATIVE
(Girding with,) of heavy afflictions
(Covering the heavens with,) of severe judgments
(Heavens becoming as,) of severe judgments
(Putting of,) of joy and gladness
A symbol of mourning
Worn by Jacob when it was reported to him that Joseph had been devoured by wild animals
Animals covered with, at a time of national mourning