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Joel 1:8
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Mourn like a virgin in sackcloth grieving for the betrothed of her youth.
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Joel 1:8 in Other Translations
KJV
8
Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth.
ESV
8
Lament like a virginwearing sackcloth for the bridegroom of her youth.
NLT
8
Weep like a bride dressed in black, mourning the death of her husband.
MSG
8
Weep like a young virgin dressed in black, mourning the loss of her fiancé.
CSB
8
Grieve like a young woman dressed in sackcloth, [mourning] for the husband of her youth.
Joel 1:8 In-Context
6
A nation has invaded my land, a mighty army without number; it has the teeth of a lion, the fangs of a lioness.
7
It has laid waste my vines and ruined my fig trees. It has stripped off their bark and thrown it away, leaving their branches white.
8
Mourn like a virgin in sackcloth grieving for the betrothed of her youth.
9
Grain offerings and drink offerings are cut off from the house of the LORD. The priests are in mourning, those who minister before the LORD.
10
The fields are ruined, the ground is dried up; the grain is destroyed, the new wine is dried up, the olive oil fails.
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1.
ver 13;
Isaiah 22:12
;
Amos 8:10
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