SACKCLOTH

A symbol of mourning

1Ki 20:31,32; Job 16:15; Isa 15:3; Jer 4:8; 6:26; 49:3; La 2:10; Eze 7:18; Da 9:3; Joe 1:8

Worn by Jacob when it was reported to him that Joseph had been devoured by wild animals

Ge 37:34

Animals covered with, at a time of national mourning

Jon 3:8

See MOURNING