Joel 1:8
Make sounds of grief like a virgin dressed in haircloth for the husband of her early years.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth.
In Context
Cross References
Isaiah 22:12And in that day the Lord, the Lord of armies, was looking for weeping, and cries of sorrow, cutting off of the hair, and putting on the clothing of grief:
Isaiah 32:11Be shaking with fear, you women who are living in comfort; be troubled, you who have no fear of danger: take off your robes and put on clothing of grief.
Jeremiah 9:17This is what the Lord of armies has said: Take thought and send for the weeping women, so that they may come; and send for the wise women, so that they may come:
Joel 2:12But even now, says the Lord, come back to me with all your heart, keeping from food, with weeping and with sorrow:
Malachi 2:15... So give thought to your spirit, and let no one be false to the wife of his early years.
James 5:1Come now, you men of wealth, give yourselves to weeping and crying because of the bitter troubles which are coming to you.
Matthew Henry on Joel 1:2-8
Joel We are altogether uncertain concerning the time when this prophet prophesied; it is probable that it was about the same time Amos prophesied, not for the reason that the rabbin give, "Because Amos begins his prophecy with that wherewith Joel concludes his, The Lord shall roar out of Zion, " but for the reason Dr. Lightfoot gives, "Because he speaks of the same judgments of locusts, and drought, and fire, that Amos laments, which is an intimation that they appeared about the same time, Amos in Israel and Joel… Read the whole commentary →