Joel 1:8

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

Joel 1:8

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

Wail like a virgin dressed in sackcloth, grieving for the husband of her youth.

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KJV

King James Version

¶ Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth.

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WEB

World English Bible

Mourn like a virgin dressed in sackcloth for the husband of her youth!

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ASV

American Standard Version

Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth.

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BLB

Berean Literal Bible

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Joel 1

⁶ For a nation has invaded My land, powerful and without number; its teeth are the teeth of a lion, and its fangs are the fangs of a lioness.

⁷ It has laid waste My grapevine and splintered My fig tree. It has stripped off the bark and thrown it away; the branches have turned white.

⁸ Wail like a virgin dressed in sackcloth, grieving for the husband of her youth.

⁹ Grain and drink offerings have been cut off from the house of the LORD; the priests are in mourning, those who minister before the LORD.

¹⁰ The field is ruined; the land mourns. For the grain is destroyed, the new wine is dried up, and the oil fails.

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