Sackcloth
cloth made of black goats' hair, coarse, rough, and thick, used for sacks, and also worn by mourners (
Gen. 37:34;
42:25;
2 Sam. 3:31;
Esther 4:1,
2;
Ps. 30:11, etc.), and as a sign of repentance (
Matt. 11:21). It was put upon animals by the people of Nineveh (
Jonah 3:8)
