It cameabout when Ahabheardthesewords,that he torehis clothesand puton sackclothand fasted,and he layin sackclothand wentabout despondently.
So Jacobtorehis clothes,and putsackclothon his loinsand mournedfor his sonmanydays.
Then Davidsaidto Joaband to allthe peoplewhowere with him, "Tearyour clothesand girdon sackclothand lamentbeforeAbner."And KingDavidwalkedbehindthe bier.
Then the wordof the LORDcameto Elijahthe Tishbite,saying,
Then Eliakimthe sonof Hilkiah,whowas overthe household,and Shebnathe scribeand Joahthe sonof Asaph,the recorder,cameto Hezekiahwith their clothestornand toldhim the wordsof Rabshakeh.
And when KingHezekiahheard[it], he torehis clothes,coveredhimself with sackclothand enteredthe houseof the LORD.
When the kingheardthe wordsof the woman,he torehis clothes--now he was passingby on the wall--and the peoplelooked,and behold,he had sackclothbeneathon his body.
Then Davidliftedup his eyesand sawthe angelof the LORDstandingbetweenearthand heaven,with his drawnswordin his handstretchedout overJerusalem.Then Davidand the elders,coveredwith sackcloth,fellon their faces.
"I have sewedsackclothovermy skinAnd thrustmy hornin the dust.
When the peopleheardthissadword,they wentinto mourning,and noneof them puton his ornaments.
Therefore in that daythe LordGODof hostscalled[you] to weeping,to wailing,To shavingthe headand to wearingsackcloth.
"Whatshall I say?For He has spokento me, and He Himselfhas doneit; I will wanderabout allmy yearsbecauseof the bitternessof my soul.
Yet the kingand allhis servantswho heardallthesewordswere not afraid,nordid they rendtheir garments.
Girdyourselves[with sackcloth] And lament,O priests;Wail,O ministersof the altar!Come,spendthe nightin sackclothO ministersof my God,For the grain offeringand the drinkofferingAre withheldfrom the houseof your God.
When Godsawtheir deeds,that they turnedfrom their wickedway,then Godrelentedconcerningthe calamitywhichHe had declaredHe would bringupon them. And He did not do[it].
When the wordreachedthe kingof Nineveh,he arosefrom his throne,laidasidehis robefrom him, covered[himself] with sackclothand saton the ashes.
"And I will grant[authority] to my twowitnesses,and they will prophesyfor twelvehundredand sixtydays,clothedin sackcloth."
