Made of coarse hair
  Matthew 3:4; Revelation 6:12  
 Rough and unsightly
  Zechariah 13:4  
 Of a black colour
  Revelation 6:12  
 WAS WORN   By God's prophets
  2 Kings 1:8; Isaiah 20:2; Matthew 3:4; Revelation 11:3   
 By persons in affliction
  Nehemiah 9:1; Psalm 69:11; Jonah 3:5   
 Girt about the loins
  Genesis 37:34; 1 Kings 20:31   
 Frequently next the skin in deep afflictions
  1 Kings 21:27; 2 Kings 6:30; Job 16:15   
 Often over the whole person
  2 Kings 19:1,2   
 With ashes on the head
  Esther 4:1   
 Often with ropes on the head
  1 Kings 20:31   
 In the streets
  Isaiah 15:3   
 At funerals
  2 Samuel 3:31   
 The Jews lay in, when in deep affliction
  2 Samuel 21:10; 1 Kings 21:27; Joel 1:13  
 No one clothed in, allowed into the palaces of kings
  Esther 4:2  
 ILLUSTRATIVE   (Girding with,) of heavy afflictions
  Isaiah 3:24; 22:12; 32:11   
 (Covering the heavens with,) of severe judgments
  Isaiah 50:3   
 (Heavens becoming as,) of severe judgments
  Revelation 6:12   
 (Putting of,) of joy and gladness
  Psalm 30:11