Joel 1:8

Bible in Basic English 1965

Make sounds of grief like a virgin dressed in haircloth for the husband of her early years.

Cross References

Proverbs 2:17

Who is false to the husband of her early years, and does not keep the agreement of her God in mind:

Isaiah 22:12

And in that day the Lord, the Lord of armies, was looking for weeping, and cries of sorrow, cutting off of the hair, and putting on the clothing of grief:

Isaiah 32:11

Be shaking with fear, you women who are living in comfort; be troubled, you who have no fear of danger: take off your robes and put on clothing of grief.

Jeremiah 3:4

Will you not, from this time, make your prayer to me, crying, My father, you are the friend of my early years?

Lamentations 1:4

The ways of Zion are sad, because no one comes to the holy meeting; all her doorways are made waste, her priests are breathing out sorrow: her virgins are troubled, and it is bitter for her.

Amos 8:10

Your feasts will be turned into sorrow and all your melody into songs of grief; everyone will be clothed with haircloth, and the hair of every head will be cut; I will make the weeping like that for an only son, and the end of it like a bitter day.

Malachi 2:15

(UNTRANSLATED TEXT) So give thought to your spirit, and let no one be false to the wife of his early years.

James 5:1

Come now, you men of wealth, give yourselves to weeping and crying because of the bitter troubles which are coming to you.