Joel 1:8

Amplified Bible

¶Wail like a virgin [bride] clothed with sackcloth For the bridegroom of her youth [who has died].

Cross References

Proverbs 2:17

Who leaves the companion (husband) of her youth, And forgets the covenant of her God.

Isaiah 22:12

¶Therefore in that day the Lord God of hosts called you to weeping, to mourning, To shaving the head and to wearing sackcloth [in humiliation].

Isaiah 32:11

Tremble, you women who are carefree; Tremble with fear, you complacent ones! Strip, undress and wear sackcloth on your waist [in grief],

Jeremiah 3:4

“Will you not just now call out to Me, ‘My Father, you were the guide and companion of my youth?

Lamentations 1:4

The roads to Zion are in mourning Because no one comes to the appointed feasts. All her gates are desolate; Her priests are groaning, Her virgins are grieved and suffering, And she suffers bitterly.

Amos 8:10

“And I shall turn your festivals and feasts into mourning And all your songs into dirges (funeral poems to be sung); And I shall cause sackcloth to be put on everyone’s loins And baldness on every head [shaved for mourning]. And I shall make that time like a time of mourning for an only son [who has died], And the end of it shall be like a bitter day.

Malachi 2:15

But not one has done so who has a remnant of the Spirit. And what did that one do while seeking a godly offspring? Take heed then to your spirit, and let no one deal treacherously against the wife of your youth.

James 5:1

Come [quickly] now, you rich [who lack true faith and hoard and misuse your resources], weep and howl over the miseries [the woes, the judgments] that are coming upon you.