So fasting and clothing in sackcloth were customary in humiliation. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible] Reference
` Nor will you be able to take pleasure in sackcloth, 'he said gravely. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 3: Jackson's Arm] Reference
Revelation also says the witness would prophecy in sackcloth, from the Greek word 'sakkos' meaning sackcloth. From Wordnik.com. [Alex Jones' Prison Planet.com] Reference
It is the time fixed for the witnesses 'prophesying in sackcloth, in conformity to Christ's preaching in his humiliation just so long. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume V (Matthew to John)] Reference
When they had prophesied in sackcloth the greatest part of the 1260 years, then they should feel the last effect of antichristian malice. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume VI (Acts to Revelation)] Reference
Yes, and well may we weep, for a nation sits in sackcloth. From Wordnik.com. [A Discourse on the Death of President Lincoln] Reference
This is sometimes known as the sackcloth-and-ashes approach to sustainability. From Wordnik.com. [Carbon theatre | Serendipity] Reference
A thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume VI (Acts to Revelation)] Reference
Actually, "sackcloth" does not mean "hair shirt", but I think that there's some overlap. From Wordnik.com. [languagehat.com: MORE PYNCHONIAN VOCAB.] Reference
The Greek σακκος means "sackcloth" and could mean burlap. From Wordnik.com. [Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]] Reference
We have, again, adroit ways of shutting the gate upon that sackcloth which is the sign of death. From Wordnik.com. [The world's great sermons, Volume 08 Talmage to Knox Little] Reference
The "sackcloth" so often alluded to (2 Kings 1: 8. From Wordnik.com. [Easton's Bible Dictionary] Reference
So why haven't I joined the sackcloth-and-ashes crowd?. From Wordnik.com. [Irrational Depression] Reference
You have removed my sackcloth, and clothed me with gladness. From Wordnik.com. [The World English Bible (WEB):] Reference
And let men and beasts be covered with sackcloth, and cry to the. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete] Reference
And so, lying humbly upon a bed of sackcloth, St. Martin, Apostle of. From Wordnik.com. [Stories of the Saints by Candle-Light] Reference
Then David and the elders, clothed in sackcloth, fell on their faces. From Wordnik.com. [The World English Bible (WEB):] Reference
Tear your clothes, and gird you with sackcloth, and mourn before Abner. From Wordnik.com. [The World English Bible (WEB): 2 Samuel] Reference
Israel came together with fasting and with sackcloth, and earth upon them. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 16: 2 Esdras The Challoner Revision] Reference
I will clothe the heavens with darkness, and will make sackcloth their covering. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 27: Isaias The Challoner Revision] Reference
And tearing his garments, he put on sackcloth, mourning for his son a long time. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 01: Genesis The Challoner Revision] Reference
She sent clothing to Mordecai, to replace his sackcloth; but he didn't receive it. From Wordnik.com. [The World English Bible (WEB):] Reference
And the sun became black as sackcloth of hair: and the whole moon became as blood. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete] Reference
Two skin-sagging women wearing droopy sackcloth dresses are stitched in black thread. From Wordnik.com. [ArtScene: Top Shows in the West Kick Off the New Art Season] Reference
Consumers are still getting cashmere -- not exactly sackcloth -- with some extra panache. From Wordnik.com. [Now, This Should Get Your Goat] Reference
Now it was a vertiginous November and he was back, clad in a sackcloth and wire; a penitent. From Wordnik.com. [Yr Wire] Reference
Amos, saying Go, and loose the sackcloth from off thy loins, and take off thy shoes from thy feet. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 27: Isaias The Challoner Revision] Reference
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