⁸ What then did you go out to see? A man^[a] dressed in soft clothing? Behold, those who wear soft clothing are in kings' houses.

⁴ Now John wore ^(A)a garment of camel's hair and a leather belt around his waist, and his food was ^(B)locusts and ^(C)wild honey.

⁴ “On that day ^(A)every prophet will be ashamed of his vision when he prophesies. He will not put on a hairy cloak in order to deceive,

² 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 ^(A)naked and barefoot.

⁸ They answered him, ^(A)“He wore a garment of hair, with a belt of leather about his waist.” And he said, “It is Elijah the Tishbite.”

³ And I will grant authority to my two witnesses, and they will prophesy for ^(A)1,260 days, ^(B)clothed in sackcloth.”

^27 (A)in toil and hardship, through many a sleepless night, ^(B)in hunger and thirst, often without food,^[a] in cold and exposure.

¹¹ To the present hour ^(A)we hunger and thirst, we are poorly dressed and ^(B)buffeted and ^(C)homeless,