Joel 1:8

A Lament Over The Land

⁷ It has devastated My grapevine
and splintered My fig tree.
It has stripped off its bark and thrown it away;
its branches have turned white.
⁸ Grieve like a young woman dressed in sackcloth,
mourning for the husband of her youth.
⁹ Grain and drink offerings have been cut off
from the house of the Lord;
the priests, who are ministers of the Lord, mourn.

Clothed with Sackcloth

In Me

Joel

Isaiah 22:12

On that day the Lord God of Hosts
called for weeping, for wailing, for shaven heads,
and for the wearing of sackcloth.

Proverbs 2:17

who abandons the companion of her youth
and forgets the covenant of her God;

Isaiah 24:7-12

The new wine mourns;
the vine withers.
All the carousers now groan.

Isaiah 32:11

Shudder, you complacent ones;
tremble, you overconfident ones!
Strip yourselves bare
and put sackcloth around your waists.

Jeremiah 3:4

Have you not lately called to Me, “My Father.
You were my friend in my youth.

Jeremiah 9:17-19

This is what the Lord of Hosts says:

Consider, and summon the women who mourn;
send for the skillful women.

Joel 1:13-15

Dress in sackcloth and lament, you priests;
wail, you ministers of the altar.
Come and spend the night in sackcloth,
you ministers of my God,
because grain and drink offerings
are withheld from the house of your God.

Joel 2:12-14

Even now—
this is the Lord’s declaration—
turn to Me with all your heart,
with fasting, weeping, and mourning.

Amos 8:10

I will turn your feasts into mourning
and all your songs into lamentation;
I will cause everyone to wear sackcloth
and every head to be shaved.
I will make that grief
like mourning for an only son
and its outcome like a bitter day.

Malachi 2:15

Didn’t the one God make us with a remnant of His life-breath? And what does the One seek? A godly offspring. So watch yourselves carefully, and do not act treacherously against the wife of your youth.

James 4:8-9

Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, sinners, and purify your hearts, double-minded people!

James 5:1

Come now, you rich people! Weep and wail over the miseries that are coming on you.