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Nehemiah 9:1
Now in the twenty and fourth day of this month the children of Israel were assembled with fasting, and with sackcloths, and earth on them.
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Psalm 69:11
I made sackcloth also my garment; and I became a proverb to them.
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Jonah 3:5
So the people of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them.
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Library

Doing Glory to God in Pursuits of the World.
... has had for a season religious impressions, which in turn have worn away ... If I were
to go in sackcloth and ashes, if I were to ... I see persons are suspicious of me ...
/.../newman/parochial and plain sermons vol viii/sermon xi doing glory to.htm

The Last Judgment. By the Rev. John Welch, AD 1570-1622.
... zeal of the glory of God, being so worn out of ... to prophesy so many days clothed in
sackcloth; and if ... throne, because great is the number of persons that shall ...
/.../knox/the pulpit of the reformation nos 1 2 and 3 /the last judgment by the.htm

Christian Morals. Part iii.
... thou dost not anoint thy face, yet put not on sackcloth at the ... in lustre, dignity,
or perfection, in regions or persons below; where ... 152] Any thing worn on the ...
//christianbookshelf.org/browne/christian morals/christian morals part iii.htm

The Gentle Boy
... woods, they were overtaken by many persons of their ... the enthusiast, in her robe of
sackcloth and girdle of ... thoughts, and his body had been worn by imprisonment ...
/.../wells/bible stories and religious classics/the gentle boy.htm

Paul's Departure and Crown;
... of Pharaoh's daughter; choosing rather to suffer affliction with the ... for such things,
'what manner of persons ought we ... we see them as through sackcloth of hair ...
/.../bunyan/the works of john bunyan volumes 1-3/pauls departure and crown.htm

A Discourse
... though in a state of sackcloth, tears, and affliction, the lot ... light, as she will
be when her sackcloth is put ... This piece of armour, I suppose, was worn in old ...
/.../bunyan/the works of john bunyan volumes 1-3/a discourse.htm

Scriptural Poems; Being Several Portions of Scripture Digested ...
... been printed on very bad paper, and worn out by ... so generally and eagerly read by
pious persons among the ... one, From greatest to the least, put sackcloth on: For ...
/.../scriptural poems being several portions.htm

St. Gregory the Great.
... is thrown into confusion by us, the very persons who are ... yearn after the heavenly,
while he lay in bonds and sackcloth. ... Shipwreck creaks in its worn-out planks ...
/.../allies/the formation of christendom volume vi/chapter v st gregory the.htm

The Tabernacle of the Most High
... weep; the harps of heaven are clothed in sackcloth, and no ... This was a grievous
affliction. ... there constantly proclaimed to an assembly of five thousand persons. ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 5 1859/the tabernacle of the most.htm

Of Antichrist, and his Ruin: and of the Slaying the Witnesses.
... 17:5); but this is clear, they are worn by men ... thousand names of men, as well as
the persons of the ... of by the people that used to walk in sackcloth, shall now ...
/.../bunyan/the works of john bunyan volumes 1-3/of antichrist and his ruin .htm

Subtopics

Sackcloth

Sackcloth of a Black Colour

Sackcloth Sack

Sackcloth was Worn by God's Prophets

Sackcloth was Worn by Persons in Affliction

Sackcloth was Worn in the Streets

Sackcloth was Worn with Ashes on the Head

Sackcloth was Worn: At Funerals

Sackcloth was Worn: Frequently Next the Skin in Deep Afflictions

Sackcloth was Worn: Girt About the Loins

Sackcloth was Worn: Often Over the Whole Person