It is a very general usage in the Eastern parts in deepest sorrows and distresses to put sackcloth on, and to gird it close to their bodies.
Horror; either dreadful apprehensions of growing evils, or continued shakings from impressions of what formerly they felt, according to Lev_26:16,36.
Cover them; be on every side, no side safety, or quiet, and confidence. Shame of disappointment, which breeds consternation; and shame of conscious guilt and unbecoming deportment, which fills the countenance as much with blushing as it fills the conscience with guilt and sin.
Baldness; either by pulling off the hair amidst their sorrows, or cutting off their hair in token of greatest mourning, Isa_15:2Jer_7:29 48:37 Amo_8:10.