לְבוּשׁ

He ties his donkey to the vine, his colt to the choicest branch. He washes his garments in wine, his robes in the blood of grapes.

O daughters of Israel, weep for Saul, who clothed you in scarlet and luxury, who decked your garments with ornaments of gold.

And while they were at the great stone in Gibeon, Amasa joined them. Now Joab was dressed in military attire, with a dagger strapped to his belt. And as he stepped forward, he slipped the dagger from its sheath.

And Jehu said to the keeper of the wardrobe, “Bring out garments for all the servants of Baal.” So he brought out garments for them.

But he went only as far as the king’s gate, because the law prohibited anyone wearing sackcloth from entering that gate.

…have them bring a royal robe that the king himself has worn and a horse on which the king himself has ridden—one with a royal crest placed on its head.

Let the robe and the horse be entrusted to one of the king’s most noble princes. Let them array the man the king wants to honor and parade him on the horse through the city square, proclaiming before him, ‘This is what is done for the man whom the king is delighted to honor!’”

“Hurry,” said the king to Haman, “and do just as you proposed. Take the robe and the horse to Mordecai the Jew, who is sitting at the king’s gate. Do not neglect anything that you have suggested.”

So Haman took the robe and the horse, arrayed Mordecai, and paraded him through the city square, crying out before him, “This is what is done for the man whom the king is delighted to honor!”

Mordecai went out from the presence of the king in royal garments of blue and white, with a large gold crown and a purple robe of fine linen. And the city of Susa shouted and rejoiced.

Without clothing, they spend the night naked; they have no covering against the cold.

Without clothing, they wander about naked. They carry the sheaves, but still go hungry.

With great force He grasps my garment; He seizes me by the collar of my tunic.

…if I have seen one perish for lack of clothing, or a needy man without a cloak,

…when I made the clouds its garment and thick darkness its blanket,

The earth takes shape like clay under a seal; its hills stand out like the folds of a garment.

Who can strip off his outer coat? Who can approach him with a bridle?

They divide my garments among them and cast lots for my clothing.

Yet when they were ill, I put on sackcloth; I humbled myself with fasting, but my prayers returned unanswered.

All glorious is the princess in her chamber; her gown is embroidered with gold.

I made sackcloth my clothing, and I was sport to them.

They will perish, but You remain; they will all wear out like a garment. Like clothing You will change them, and they will be passed on.

You covered it with the deep like a garment; the waters stood above the mountains.

…the lambs will provide you with clothing, and the goats with the price of a field.

She makes coverings for her bed; her clothing is fine linen and purple.

Strength and honor are her clothing, and she can laugh at the days to come.

But you are cast out of your grave like a rejected branch, covered by those slain with the sword, and dumped into a rocky pit like a carcass trampled underfoot.

Who is this coming from Edom, from Bozrah with crimson-stained garments? Who is this robed in splendor, marching in the greatness of His strength? “It is I, proclaiming vindication, mighty to save.”

Why are Your clothes red, and Your garments like one who treads the winepress?

Hammered silver is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz—the work of a craftsman from the hands of a goldsmith. Their clothes are blue and purple, all fashioned by skilled workers.

They wandered blind in the streets, defiled by this blood, so that no one dared to touch their garments.

Then the man clothed in linen with the writing kit at his side reported back, “I have done as You commanded.”

“For I hate divorce,” says the LORD, the God of Israel. “He who divorces his wife covers his garment with violence,” says the LORD of Hosts. So guard yourselves in your spirit and do not break faith.