Gen 37:34, Joe 1:8, 13, Jon 3:5-6 | ESV | STEP | Then Jacob tore his garments and put sackcloth on his loins and mourned for his son many days .

b[ver. 13]; See 2 Sam. 3:31

c[ver. 8; Jer. 4:8]

d[See ver. 9 above]

e[ver. 8; Mic. 1:8]

f[ver. 8; Jer. 4:8]

g[See ver. 9 above]

h ver. 9; ch. 2:14

i[Matt. 12:41; Luke 11:32]

jSee 2 Chr. 20:3

kSee 2 Sam. 3:31

m[Job 1:20; Ezek. 26:16]

n Job 2:8

Genesis 37:34

34 Then Jacob tore his garments and put sackcloth on his loins and mourned for his son many days.

Joel 1:8

8 Lament like a virgin ^{▼▼Or young woman} ^bwearing sackcloth
for the bridegroom of her youth.

Joel 1:13

A Call to Repentance

13 ^cPut on sackcloth and lament, ^dO priests;
^ewail, O ministers of the altar.
Go in, ^fpass the night in sackcloth,
^gO ministers of my God!
^hBecause grain offering and drink offering
are withheld from the house of your God.

Jonah 3:5-6

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

6 The 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.