Made of coarse hair
Matthew 3:4; Revelation 6:12
Rough and unsightly
Zechariah 13:4
Of a black colour
Revelation 6:12
WAS WORN By God's prophets
2 Kings 1:8; Isaiah 20:2; Matthew 3:4; Revelation 11:3
By persons in affliction
Nehemiah 9:1; Psalm 69:11; Jonah 3:5
Girt about the loins
Genesis 37:34; 1 Kings 20:31
Frequently next the skin in deep afflictions
1 Kings 21:27; 2 Kings 6:30; Job 16:15
Often over the whole person
2 Kings 19:1,2
With ashes on the head
Esther 4:1
Often with ropes on the head
1 Kings 20:31
In the streets
Isaiah 15:3
At funerals
2 Samuel 3:31
The Jews lay in, when in deep affliction
2 Samuel 21:10; 1 Kings 21:27; Joel 1:13
No one clothed in, allowed into the palaces of kings
Esther 4:2
ILLUSTRATIVE (Girding with,) of heavy afflictions
Isaiah 3:24; 22:12; 32:11
(Covering the heavens with,) of severe judgments
Isaiah 50:3
(Heavens becoming as,) of severe judgments
Revelation 6:12
(Putting of,) of joy and gladness
Psalm 30:11