John's clothes were made of camel's hair; he wore a leather belt around his waist, and his food was locusts and wild honey.

"He was wearing a cloak made of animal skins, tied with a leather belt," they answered. "It's Elijah!" the king exclaimed.

Three years earlier the LORD had told Isaiah son of Amoz to take off his sandals and the sackcloth he was wearing. He obeyed and went around naked and barefoot.

When that time comes, no prophet will be proud of his visions or act like a prophet or wear a prophet's coarse garment in order to deceive people.

To this very moment we go hungry and thirsty; we are clothed in rags; we are beaten; we wander from place to place;

There has been work and toil; often I have gone without sleep; I have been hungry and thirsty; I have often been without enough food, shelter, or clothing.

I will send my two witnesses dressed in sackcloth, and they will proclaim God's message during those 1, 260 days."