Ashes in the Bible serve as symbolic physical reminders ... In the Old Testament, ashes were often paired with the wearing of sackcloth — an uncomfortable, scratchy fabric.

In the Bible we are told that when the prophet ... When pronouncing these judgments, Jesus makes reference to sackcloth and ...

In the Bible, the fifty-eighth chapter of the ... They abstain from food and wear sackcloth and ashes as a sign of mourning and penance. They are liturgically literate and ritually right.

According to christianity.com, the Bible references this in Genesis ... These people wore sackcloth, were sprinkled with ashes and remained apart until they were reconciled with the Christian ...