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<p> Sack is a pure [[Hebrew]] word, and has spread into many modern languages. [[Sackcloth]] is a very coarse stuff, often of hair, Revelation 6:12 . In great calamities, in penitence, in trouble, the Jews, etc., wore sackcloth about their bodies, [[Genesis]] 37:34; 2 Samuel 3:31; 1 Kings 20:32; Matthew 11:21 . The prophets were often clothed in sackcloth, and generally in coarse clothing, Matthew 11:21 . The Lord bid Isaiah put off the sackcloth from about his body, and go naked, Isaiah 20:2 . Zechariah says, Zechariah 13:4 , that false prophets should no longer prophesy in sackcloth, (English translation, a rough garment,) to deceive the simple. </p> <p> In time of joy, or on hearing good news, those who were clad in sackcloth cast it from them, and resumed their usual clothing, | Sackcloth Sack <ref name="term_17097" /> | ||
==References == | <p> [[Sack]] is a pure [[Hebrew]] word, and has spread into many modern languages. [[Sackcloth]] is a very coarse stuff, often of hair, Revelation 6:12 . In great calamities, in penitence, in trouble, the Jews, etc., wore sackcloth about their bodies, [[Genesis]] 37:34; 2 Samuel 3:31; 1 Kings 20:32; Matthew 11:21 . The prophets were often clothed in sackcloth, and generally in coarse clothing, Matthew 11:21 . The Lord bid Isaiah put off the sackcloth from about his body, and go naked, Isaiah 20:2 . Zechariah says, Zechariah 13:4 , that false prophets should no longer prophesy in sackcloth, (English translation, a rough garment,) to deceive the simple. </p> <p> In time of joy, or on hearing good news, those who were clad in sackcloth cast it from them, and resumed their usual clothing, Psalm 30:11 . </p> | ||
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<ref name="term_17097"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/american-tract-society-bible-dictionary/sack,+sackcloth Sackcloth Sack from American Tract Society Bible Dictionary]</ref> | <ref name="term_17097"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/american-tract-society-bible-dictionary/sack,+sackcloth Sackcloth Sack from American Tract Society Bible Dictionary]</ref> | ||
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