Joel 1:8
Wail like a virgin dressed in sackcloth, grieving for the husband of her youth.
BSB
ASV
Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth.
KJV
Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth.
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).
The walk8
Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.
Through
James 5:1Come now, you who are rich, weep and wail over the misery to come upon you.
leads to
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.’
