Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth.
Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth.
Wail, as a virgin girdeth with sackcloth, For the husband of her youth.
Wail like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth.
Joel — A locust plague, a call to return, and a promise of the Spirit poured out on all flesh — the text Peter will cite on the day of Pentecost.
Voices3
(Verse 8.) Lament like a young woman dressed in sackcloth, over the man of your youth. (Vulgate: Lament like a young woman dressed in sackcloth, over her young husband). LXX: Lament to me over the bride dressed in sackcloth, over her young husband. The man of youth, or as the Septuagint translated, παρθενικὸς, which is commonly called virginal, because he is understood to be none other than God, who in Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob betrothed himself to a pure bride untainted by any idolatrous filth.
Jerome· Commentary on Joel, 420patristic
Lament like a virgin,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)reformed
Lament like a virgin - for the husband of her youth - Virgin is a very improper version here. The original is בתולה bethulah, which signifies a young woman or bride not a virgin, the proper Hebrew for which is עלמה almah. See the notes on Isa 7:14 (note), and Mat 1:23 (note).
Adam Clarke· Commentary on the Bible, 1832evangelical
The walk8
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James 5:1Come now, you who are rich, weep and wail over the misery to come upon you.
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He who trusts in his riches will fall, but the righteous will thrive like foliage.
Those who want to be rich, however, fall into temptation and become ensnared by many foolish and harmful desires that plunge them into ruin and destruction.
Riches are worthless in the day of wrath, but righteousness brings deliverance from death.
But woe to you who are rich, for you have already received your comfort.
This is what the LORD says: “Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, nor the strong man in his strength, nor the wealthy man in his riches.
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Malachi 2:15Has not the LORD made them one, having a portion of the Spirit? And why one? Because He seeks godly offspring. So guard yourselves in your spirit and do not break faith with the…
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Jesus answered, “Have you not read that from the beginning the Creator ‘made them male and female,’
Yet you ask, “Why?” It is because the LORD has been a witness between you and the wife of your youth, against whom you have broken faith, though she is your companion and your…
However, from the beginning of creation, ‘God made them male and female.’
The whole web at once: see the Arc.
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Put on sackcloth and lament, O priests; wail, O ministers of the altar. Come, spend the night in sackcloth, O ministers of my God, because the grain and drink offerings are withheld from the house of your God.
On that day the Lord GOD of Hosts called for weeping and wailing, for shaven heads and the wearing of sackcloth.
Has not the LORD made them one, having a portion of the Spirit? And why one? Because He seeks godly offspring. So guard yourselves in your spirit and do not break faith with the wife of your youth.
The roads to Zion mourn, because no one comes to her appointed feasts. All her gates are deserted; her priests groan, her maidens grieve, and she herself is bitter with anguish.
Come now, you who are rich, weep and wail over the misery to come upon you.
Instead of fragrance there will be a stench; instead of a belt, a rope; instead of styled hair, baldness; instead of fine clothing, sackcloth; instead of beauty, shame.
You will be cursed in the city and cursed in the country.
Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
who abandons the partner of her youth and forgets the covenant of her God.
This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Take note, and summon the wailing women; send for the most skillful among them.
The new wine dries up, the vine withers. All the merrymakers now groan.
Have you not just called to Me, ‘My Father, You are my friend from youth.
7 more linked verses are grouped by book below ↓
Every other verse the study tradition links to this one, in the Bible’s own order. The first links in each book carry a line of their text; every reference opens its full verse page.
Lamentations1
Amos2
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