They answered him, “He wore a garment of hair, with a belt of leather about his waist.” And he said, “It is Elijah the Tishbite.”
Now John wore a garment of camel's hair and a leather belt around his waist, and his food was locusts and wild honey.
“On that day every prophet will be ashamed of his vision when he prophesies. He will not put on a hairy cloak in order to deceive,
Now John was clothed with camel's hair and wore a leather belt around his waist and ate locusts and wild honey.
And I will grant authority to my two witnesses, and they will prophesy for 1,260 days, clothed in sackcloth.”
and he will go before him in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, to make ready for the Lord a people prepared.”
What then did you go out to see? A man dressed in soft clothing? Behold, those who wear soft clothing are in kings' houses.
at that time the Lord spoke by Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, “Go, and loose the sackcloth from your waist and take off your sandals from your feet,” and he did so, walking naked and barefoot.
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