Joel 1:8

Weile thou, as a virgyn gird with a sak on the hosebonde of hir tyme of mariage.

Bible (Wycliffe)

In The King James Version

Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth.

In Context

7It settide my vyner in to desert, and took awei the riynde of my fige tre. It made nakid and spuylide that vyner, and castide forth; the braunchis therof ben maad white.

9Sacrifice and moist sacrifice perischide fro the hous of the Lord; and preestis, the mynystris of the Lord, moureneden.

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Cross References

Isaiah 22:12And the Lord God of oostis schal clepe in that dai to wepyng, and to morenyng, and to ballidnesse, and to a girdil of sak; and lo!

Isaiah 32:11Ye riche wymmen, be astonyed; ye that tristen, be disturblid; vnclothe ye you, and be ye aschamed;

Jeremiah 9:17The Lord of oostis, God of Israel, seith these thingis, Biholde ye, and clepe ye wymmen `that weilen, and come thei; and sende ye to tho wymmen that ben wise, and haste thei.

Joel 2:12Now therfor seith the Lord, Be ye conuertid to me in al youre herte, in fastyng, and wepyng, and weilyng;

Malachi 2:15Whether oon made not, and residue of spirit is his? and what sekith oon, no but the seed of God? Therfore kepe ye youre spirit, and nyle thou dispise the wijf of thi yongthe;

James 5:1Do now, ye riche men, wepe ye, yellinge in youre wretchidnessis that schulen come to you.

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