Meaning
Sackcloth cloth made of black goats' hair, coarse, rough, and thick, used for sacks, and also worn by mourners (Gen 37:34; 42:25; 2Sam 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).