sackcloth
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thumb|Hezekiah, clothed in śaq, spreads open the letter before the Lord. (2 Kings 19) Sackcloth ( śaq) is a coarsely woven fabric, usually made of goat's hair. The term in English often connotes the biblical usage, where the ''Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible'' remarks that haircloth would be a more appropriate rendering of the Hebrew meaning.
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thumb|Hezekiah, clothed in śaq, spreads open the letter before the Lord. (2 Kings 19) Sackcloth ( śaq) is a coarsely woven fabric, usually made of goat's hair. The term in English often connotes the biblical usage, where the ''Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible remarks that haircloth would be a more appropriate rendering of the Hebrew meaning.
In some Christian traditions (notably Catholicism), the wearing of hairshirts continues as a self-imposed means of mortifying the flesh that is often practiced during the Christian penitential season of Lent, especially on Ash Wednesday, Good Friday, and other Fridays of the Lenten season.
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