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SACKCLOTH

A type of coarse fabric made from goat’s (or camel’s) hair. Sackcloth (Heb. śaq; Gk. sákkos) appears most often in the Bible (as elsewhere in the ancient Near East) as a material worn as clothing during times of distress and mourning. Because goats in the Mediterranean world were mostly dark brown or black, sackcloth itself was dark in color (cf. Isa. 50:3; Rev. 6:12). A sackcloth garment could cover the whole body, in which case it was worn loosely and fastened around the waist with a girdle or rope, or it could be a simple loincloth. The wearing of sackcloth could symbolize grief or penitence on either a personal (Gen. 37:34; Joel 1:8) or a national level (Jdt. 4:10; Jonah 3:8; in both of these examples, even animals are clothed in sackcloth!); it is also portrayed as prophetic clothing in Rev. 11:3. The material was also used for making tents, sails, and carpets.

James R. Adair, Jr.






Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (2000)

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