Joel 1:8

Catholic Public Domain Version

Lament like a betrothed virgin, wrapped in sackcloth at the loss of the husband of her youth.

Cross References

Proverbs 2:17

and who leaves behind the Guide of her youth,

Isaiah 22:12

And in that day, the Lord, the God of hosts, will call to weeping and mourning, to baldness and the wearing of sackcloth.

Isaiah 32:11

Be stupefied, you opulent women! Be disturbed, O confident ones! Strip yourselves, and be confounded; gird yourselves at the waist.

Jeremiah 3:4

Therefore, at least from this moment on, call out to me: 'You are my father, the guide of my virginity.'

Lamentations 1:4

DALETH. The pathways of Zion mourn, because there are none who approach for the solemnity. All her gates are destroyed. Her priests groan. Her virgins are filthy. And she is overwhelmed with bitterness.

Amos 8:10

And I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your hymns into lamentation. And I will put sackcloth over every one of your backs, and baldness on every head. And I will begin it like the mourning for an only-begotten son, and complete it like a bitter day.

Malachi 2:15

Did not One make her, and is she not the remainder of his spirit? And what does one seek, except offspring of God? So then, preserve your spirit, and do not despise the wife of your youth.

James 5:1

Act now, you who are wealthy! Weep and wail in your miseries, which will soon come upon you!