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Sackcloth - a Christian perspective
In the Old Testament, wearing sackcloth was a customary way of displaying sorrow and repentance. In this instance, king Ahab repents and puts on sackcloth, and God responds by sparing Israel from disaster.
http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20Kings%2021:27ff&version=NIV
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Repentance, Sackcloth
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What type of material is sack cloth made of?
Queenie, an online dictionary I found defines it as: “A rough cloth of camel’s hair, goat hair, hemp, cotton, or flax.” I’m not positive if that’s correct (anybody who knows better, please chime in!), but that would certainly make sense given the environment in which the Israelites lived.