2 Samuel 12:17

17And the elders of his house stood beside him, to raise him from the ground, but he would not, nor did he eat food with them.

Job 16:15

15I have sewed asackcloth upon my skin
and have laid bmy strength cin the dust.

Isaiah 22:12

12 In that day dthe Lord God of hosts
called for weeping and mourning,
for ebaldness and fwearing sackcloth;

Isaiah 58:5-8

5 gIs such the fast that I choose,
ha day for a person to humble himself?
Is it to bow down his head like a reed,
and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him?
Will you call this a fast,
and a day acceptable to the Lord?
6 “Is not this the fast that I choose:
ito loose the bonds of wickedness,
to undo the straps jof the yoke,
to let the oppressed
Or bruised
go free,
and to break every yoke?
7Is it not lto share your bread with the hungry
and bring the homeless poor into your house;
when you see the naked, to cover him,
mand not to hide yourself from your own flesh?
8 nThen shall your light break forth like the dawn,
oand your healing shall spring up speedily;
pyour righteousness shall go before you;
qthe glory of the Lord shall be your rear guard.

Joel 1:13

A Call to Repentance

13 rPut on sackcloth and lament, sO priests;
twail, O ministers of the altar.
Go in, upass the night in sackcloth,
vO ministers of my God!
wBecause grain offering and drink offering
are withheld from the house of your God.
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