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Genesis 37:34 שַׂ֖ק sackcloth

Then Jacob tore his clothes, put sackcloth around his waist, and mourned for his son many days.

Here: Coarse, usually dark goat-hair cloth, the same material used for grain sacks (Gen 42:25). This is the Bible's first mention of it as a mourning garment. Here it is a rough band or wrap around the hips.

Genesis 42:25 שַׂקּ֔וֹ sack his

Then Joseph gave orders to fill their bags with grain, to return each man’s silver to his sack, and to give them provisions for their journey. This order was carried out,

Genesis 42:27 שַׂקּ֗וֹ sack his

At the place where they lodged for the night, one of them opened his sack to get feed for his donkey, and he saw his silver in the mouth of the sack.

Genesis 42:35 שַׂקֵּיהֶ֔ם בְּשַׂקּ֑וֹ sacks their, [was] in sack his

As they began emptying their sacks, there in each man’s sack was his bag of silver! And when they and their father saw the bags of silver, they were dismayed.

Leviticus 11:32 שָׂ֔ק sackcloth

When one of them dies and falls on something, that article becomes unclean; any article of wood, clothing, leather, sackcloth, or any implement used for work must be rinsed with water and will remain unclean until evening; then it will be clean.

Joshua 9:4 שַׂקִּ֤ים sacks

acted deceptively and set out as envoys, carrying on their donkeys worn-out sacks and old wineskins, cracked and mended.

Here: Sacks of coarse goat-hair cloth slung over pack animals to carry grain and goods. The word has nothing to do with mourning here. These are ordinary travel bags.

2 Samuel 3:31 שַׂקִּ֔ים sackcloth<s>

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 21:10 הַשַּׂ֜ק <the> sackcloth

And Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth and spread it out for herself on a rock. From the beginning of the harvest until the rain from heaven poured down on the bodies, she did not allow the birds of the air to rest on them by day, nor the beasts of the field by night.

1 Kings 20:31 שַׂקִּ֨ים sackcloth<s>

Then the servants of Ben-hadad said to him, “Look now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful. Let us go out to the king of Israel with sackcloth around our waists and ropes around our heads. Perhaps he will spare your life.”

1 Kings 20:32 שַׂקִּ֨ים sackcloth<s>

So with sackcloth around their waists and ropes around their heads, they went to the king of Israel and said, “Your servant Ben-hadad says, ‘Please spare my life.’” And the king answered, “Is he still alive? He is my brother.”

1 Kings 21:27 שַׂ֥ק בַּשָּׂ֔ק sackcloth, in the sackcloth

When Ahab heard these words, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and fasted. He lay down in sackcloth and walked around meekly.

Here: Coarse, usually dark cloth woven from goat hair (sometimes other rough fibre). People wore it for mourning, penitence and pleading in a crisis.

2 Kings 6:30 הַשַּׂ֛ק <the> sackcloth

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 19:1 בַּשָּׂ֔ק with <the> sackcloth

On hearing this report, King Hezekiah tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and entered the house of the LORD.

2 Kings 19:2 בַּשַּׂקִּ֑ים with <the> sackcloth<s>

And he sent Eliakim the palace administrator, Shebna the scribe, and the leading priests, all wearing sackcloth, to the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz

1 Chronicles 21:16 בַּשַּׂקִּ֖ים in <the> sackcloth<s>

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.

Here: Plural: each man had his own coarse goat-hair garment. These are the clothes of mourning and pleading.

Nehemiah 9:1 וּבְשַׂקִּ֔ים and in sackcloth<s>

On the twenty-fourth day of the same month, the Israelites gathered together, fasting and wearing sackcloth, with dust on their heads.

Here: Plural: each person wore their own coarse, usually dark garment of goat or camel hair. This is the standard clothing of mourning and penitence.

Esther 4:1 שַׂ֖ק sackcloth

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.

Here: Coarse, dark cloth, usually goat hair, the material of grain sacks. Worn as a garment it was the uniform of mourning and urgent appeal. The same word gives us English 'sack.'

Esther 4:2 שָֽׂק׃ sackcloth

But he went only as far as the king’s gate, because the law prohibited anyone wearing sackcloth from entering that gate.

Esther 4:3 שַׂ֣ק sackcloth

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 4:4 שַׂקּ֛וֹ sackcloth his

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.

Job 16:15 שַׂ֣ק sackcloth

I have sewn sackcloth over my skin; I have buried my horn in the dust.

Psalm 30:11 שַׂקִּ֑י sackcloth my

You turned my mourning into dancing; You peeled off my sackcloth and clothed me with joy,

Here: "My sackcloth": a coarse, dark cloth of goat or camel hair, tied around the waist in grief, in pleading and in repentance. The verse's main pause falls here: the rites of distress are now taken off.

Psalm 35:13 שָׂ֗ק [was] sackcloth

Yet when they were ill, I put on sackcloth; I humbled myself with fasting, but my prayers returned unanswered.

Here: Rough cloth, usually goat hair, worn when mourning, repenting, or pleading desperately with God. He dressed as though someone in his own family were dying.

Psalm 69:11 שָׂ֑ק sackcloth

I made sackcloth my clothing, and I was sport to them.

Isaiah 3:24 שָׂ֑ק sackcloth

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.

Here: Coarse cloth, usually of dark goat hair, worn around the waist next to the skin in mourning, fasting and disaster. The fine robe gives way to the clothing of a funeral or a ruined city.

Isaiah 15:3 שָׂ֑ק sackcloth

In its streets they wear sackcloth; on the rooftops and in the public squares they all wail, falling down weeping.

Isaiah 20:2 הַשַּׂק֙ the sackcloth

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.

Here: Coarse cloth, usually of goat hair, worn for mourning, repentance, or possibly as a prophet's rough clothing. 'The' sackcloth suggests a garment Isaiah was already known to wear.

Isaiah 22:12 שָֽׂק׃ sackcloth

On that day the Lord GOD of Hosts called for weeping and wailing, for shaven heads and the wearing of sackcloth.

Here: Coarse, dark cloth woven from goat (or camel) hair. As mourning dress it was tied around the loins, often against bare skin. It was the uniform of grief and penitence.

Isaiah 37:1 בַּשָּׂ֔ק with <the> sackcloth

On hearing this report, King Hezekiah tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and entered the house of the LORD.

Isaiah 37:2 בַּשַּׂקִּ֑ים with <the> sackcloth<s>

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 50:3 וְשַׂ֖ק and sackcloth

I clothe the heavens in black and make sackcloth their covering.”

Isaiah 58:5 וְשַׂ֤ק and sackcloth

Is this the fast I have chosen: a day for a man to deny himself, to bow his head like a reed, and to spread out sackcloth and ashes? Will you call this a fast and a day acceptable to the LORD?

Here: Coarse cloth, usually woven from goat hair, the material of grain sacks. It was worn in mourning and repentance.

Jeremiah 4:8 שַׂקִּ֖ים sackcloth<s>

So put on sackcloth, mourn and wail, for the fierce anger of the LORD has not turned away from us.”

Here: Plural, 'sackcloths': one rough garment for each person. Sackcloth was coarse, usually dark goat-hair cloth, and it was the uniform of mourning and public humiliation.

Jeremiah 6:26 שָׂק֙ sackcloth

O daughter of my people, dress yourselves in sackcloth and roll in ashes. Mourn with bitter wailing, as you would for an only son, for suddenly the destroyer will come upon us.

Here: Coarse, dark cloth woven from goat hair. The same material made grain sacks. Wearing it was the visible uniform of mourning.

Jeremiah 48:37 שָֽׂק׃ sackcloth

For every head is shaved and every beard is clipped; on every hand is a gash, and around every waist is sackcloth.

Here: Rough, usually dark cloth woven from goat hair, worn as a wrap around the hips by mourners and penitents. It is the closing image of the verse.

Jeremiah 49:3 שַׂקִּ֔ים sackcloth<s>

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.

Here: Coarse cloth, usually woven from goat hair, worn as the uniform of mourning. The plural fits many women putting it on.

Lamentations 2:10 שַׂקִּ֑ים sackcloth<s>

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.

Here: 'Sackcloths': coarse, dark cloth, usually of goat hair, worn as the clothing of mourning and humiliation. The plural is one cloth for each elder.

Ezekiel 7:18 שַׂקִּ֔ים sackcloth<s>

They will put on sackcloth, and terror will overwhelm them. Shame will cover all their faces, and all their heads will be shaved.

Ezekiel 27:31 שַׂקִּ֑ים sackcloth<s>

They will shave their heads for you and wrap themselves in sackcloth. They will weep over you with anguish of soul and bitter mourning.

Daniel 9:3 וְשַׂ֥ק and sackcloth

So I turned my attention to the Lord God to seek Him by prayer and petition, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes.

Here: A coarse, dark cloth usually woven from goat hair, worn as a mourner's garment or loincloth. Putting it on was the visible sign of grief and humiliation.

Joel 1:8 שַׂ֖ק sackcloth

Wail like a virgin dressed in sackcloth, grieving for the husband of her youth.

Joel 1:13 בַשַּׂקִּ֔ים in <the> sackcloth<s>

Put on sackcloth and lament, O priests; wail, O ministers of the altar. Come, spend the night in sackcloth, O ministers of my God, because the grain and drink offerings are withheld from the house of your God.

Here: 'In the sackcloths': rough, dark cloth woven from goat hair and worn as mourning dress. The plural refers to the garments each priest wears, and the word 'the' points back to the sackcloth already implied by 'gird.'

Amos 8:10 שָׂ֔ק sackcloth

I will turn your feasts into mourning and all your songs into lamentation. I will cause everyone to wear sackcloth and every head to be shaved. I will make it like a time of mourning for an only son, and its outcome like a bitter day.

Here: 'Sackcloth': coarse cloth, usually goat hair, the material of grain sacks. Wearing it was the standard public sign of grief or humiliation.

Jonah 3:5 שַׂקִּ֔ים sackcloth<s>

And the Ninevites believed God. They proclaimed a fast and dressed in sackcloth, from the greatest of them to the least.

Here: Plural, 'sacks': coarse, dark, usually goat-hair cloth, the material of grain bags, worn by mourners. The plural pictures many people each in sackcloth.

Jonah 3:6 שַׂ֔ק sackcloth

When word reached the king of Nineveh, he got up from his throne, took off his royal robe, covered himself with sackcloth, and sat in ashes.

Here: Coarse, dark cloth, usually goat hair, also used for grain sacks. Wearing it was the standard sign of mourning and of pleading with God in a crisis. It is the same cloth his people put on in v. 5.

Jonah 3:8 שַׂקִּ֗ים sackcloth<s>

Furthermore, let both man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and have everyone call out earnestly to God. Let each one turn from his evil ways and from the violence in his hands.