Easton's Bible Dictionary: Sackcloth
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Cloth made of black goats' hair, coarse, rough, and thick, used for sacks, and also worn by mourners (
Genesis 37:34
;
42:25
;
2 Samuel 3:31
;
Esther 4:1
, 2;
Psalm 30:11
, etc.), and as a sign of repentance (
Matthew 11:21
). It was put upon animals by the people of Nineveh (
Jonah 3:8
).
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