Joel 1:8

God's Word

Cry loudly like a young woman who is dressed in sackcloth, mourning for the man she was going to marry.

Cross References

Proverbs 2:17

who leaves ⌞her husband,⌟ the closest friend of her youth, and forgets her marriage vows to her God.

Isaiah 22:12

On that day the Almighty Lord of Armies will call for crying and for mourning, for shaving your heads and for wearing sackcloth.

Isaiah 32:11

Shudder, you pampered women. Tremble, you overconfident women. Take off your clothes, walk around naked, and wear sackcloth around your waists.

Jeremiah 3:4

But now you are calling to me. You say, ‘Father! You have been my companion ever since I was young.

Lamentations 1:4

“The roads to Zion are deserted. No one comes to the annual festivals. No one passes through any of its gates. Its priests are groaning. Its young women are made to suffer. Zion is bitter.

Amos 8:10

I will turn your festivals into funerals and all your songs into funeral songs. I will put sackcloth around everyone’s waist and shave everyone’s head. I will make that day seem like a funeral for an only child, and its end will be bitter.

Malachi 2:15

Didn’t ⌞God⌟ make you one? Your flesh and spirit belong to him. And what does the same ⌞God⌟ look for but godly descendants? So be careful not to be unfaithful to the wife of your youth.

James 5:1

Pay attention to this if you’re rich. Cry and moan about the misery that is coming to you.