Sackcloth
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cloth made of black goats' hair, coarse, rough, and thick, used for sacks, and also worn by mourners (Gen 37:34; 42:25; 2 Sam 3:31; Est 4:1, 2; Ps 3011, etc.), and as a sign of repentance (Mt 11:21). It was put upon animals by the people of Nineveh (Jonah 3:8).
This entry includes text from Easton's Bible Dictionary, 1897.
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