Joel 1:8
Mourn like a virgin dressed in sackcloth for the death of her young husband. 1
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth.
In Context
Cross References
Isaiah 22:12The Lord Yahweh of hosts called on that day 1 for weeping, for mourning, for shaved heads, and the wearing of sackcloth. 1
Isaiah 32:11Tremble, you women who are at ease; be troubled, you confident ones; 1 take off your fine clothes and make yourselves bare; put on sackcloth around your waists. 1
Jeremiah 9:17Yahweh of hosts says this, “Think about this: Summon 1 funeral singers; let them come. Send out for women skilled at lamenting; let them come. 1
Joel 2:12“Yet even now,” says Yahweh, 1 “Return to me with all your heart. 1 Fast, weep, and mourn.” 1
Malachi 2:15Did he not make them one, with a portion of his spirit? Then why did he make you one? Because he was seeking an offspring from God. So guard yourselves in your spirit, and do not be unfaithful to the wife of your youth.
James 5:1Come now, you who are rich, weep and wail because of the miseries coming on 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 →