Joel 1:8

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

Cry like a young woman crying because the man she was ready to marry has died.

Cross References

Isaiah 22:12

So the Lord GOD All-Powerful told the people to cry and mourn for their dead friends. He told them to shave their heads and wear mourning clothes.

Malachi 2:15

God wants husbands and wives to become one body and one spirit. Why? So that they would have holy children and protect that spiritual unity. Don’t cheat on your wife. She has been your wife from the time you were young.

James 5:1

You rich people, listen! Cry and be very sad because much trouble will come to you.

Amos 8:10

I will change your festivals into days of crying for the dead. All your songs will be songs of sadness for those who are dead. I will put mourning clothes on every body and baldness on every head. I will cause mourning everywhere, like that for an only son who has died. It will be a very bitter end.”

Jeremiah 3:4

But didn’t you just call me ‘Father’? Didn’t you say, ‘You have been my friend since I was a child’?

Isaiah 32:11

Women, you are calm now, but you should be afraid. You feel safe now, but you should be worried. Take off your nice clothes and put on sackcloth. Wrap it around your waist.

Proverbs 2:17

She married when she was young, but then she left her husband. She forgot the marriage vows she made before God.

Lamentations 1:4

The roads to Zion are very sad, because no one comes to Zion for the festivals anymore. All of Zion’s gates have been destroyed; all her priests groan in sorrow. Zion’s young women have been taken away, and all this made Zion sad.