1 Kings 21:27-29

27And when Ahab heard those words, he atore his clothes and bput sackcloth on his flesh and cfasted and lay in sackcloth and went about dejectedly. 28And the word of the Lord came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying, 29“Have you seen how Ahab has humbled himself before me? Because he has humbled himself before me, I will not bring the disaster in his days; dbut in his son’s days I will bring the disaster upon his house.”

2 Kings 6:30

30When the king heard the words of the woman, ehe tore his clothes—now he was passing by on the wall—and the people looked, and behold, fhe had sackcloth beneath on his body

Job 2:8

8And he took ga piece of broken pottery with which to scrape himself while he sat in hthe ashes.

Jonah 3:5-8

5 iAnd the people of Nineveh believed God. jThey called for a fast and kput on sackcloth, from the greatest of them to the least of them.

The People of Nineveh Repent

6The word reached
Or had reached
the king of Nineveh, and mhe arose from his throne, removed his robe, covered himself with sackcloth, nand sat in ashes.
7And he issued a proclamation and published through Nineveh, o“By the decree of the king and his nobles: Let neither man nor pbeast, herd nor flock, taste anything. Let them not feed or drink water, 8but let man and qbeast be covered with sackcloth, and let them call out mightily to God. rLet everyone turn from his evil way and from sthe violence that is in his hands.
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