Joel 1:8

"Grieve like a virgin, who, dressed in her mourner's clothes, cries out in memory of the man she was going to marry.

Isaiah 22:12

On that day the Lord GOD of the Heavenly Armies called for weeping and mourning, for shaving heads and wearing sackcloth.

Proverbs 2:17

someone who abandoned the companion of her youth and forgot the covenant of her God.

Isaiah 24:7-12

The new wine evaporates; the vine and the oil dry up; all the merrymakers groan.

Isaiah 32:11

So tremble, you ladies of leisure! Shudder, you daughters who feel so complacent! Strip down and make yourselves naked down to the waist! Then wrap yourself in sackcloth and beat your breasts.

Jeremiah 3:4

Have you not just called out to me, "My father, you are the friend of my youth

Jeremiah 9:17-19

This is what the LORD of the Heavenly Armies says: "Think about what I'm saying! Indeed, call out the professional mourners! Send for the best of them to come.

Joel 1:13-15

"Put on your mourning clothes, you priests; and cry aloud, you ministering servants at the altar! Come! Stay the night in mourner's clothes, you ministers of my God, because the grain offering and the wine offering is held back from the Temple of your God.

Joel 2:12-14

"Yet even now," declares the LORD, "Turn back to me with your whole heart, with fasting, tears, and mourning.

Amos 8:10

I will turn your festivals into mourning, and all of your songs to dirges. I will cause all of you to put on sackcloth and to shave all of your heads. I will make that time like mourning for an only son, and its conclusion will be like the end of a bitter day."

Malachi 2:15

Did he not make them one? And the vestige of the spirit remains in him. And why did he make them one? He was seeking godly offspring. So guard yourselves in your spirit, and don't be unfaithful to the wife of your youth.

James 4:8-9

Come close to God, and he will come close to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.

James 5:1

Now listen, you rich people! Cry and moan over the miseries that are overtaking you.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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

Bible References

Lament

Joel 1:13
"Put on your mourning clothes, you priests; and cry aloud, you ministering servants at the altar! Come! Stay the night in mourner's clothes, you ministers of my God, because the grain offering and the wine offering is held back from the Temple of your God.
Joel 2:12
"Yet even now," declares the LORD, "Turn back to me with your whole heart, with fasting, tears, and mourning.
Isaiah 22:12
On that day the Lord GOD of the Heavenly Armies called for weeping and mourning, for shaving heads and wearing sackcloth.
Isaiah 24:7
The new wine evaporates; the vine and the oil dry up; all the merrymakers groan.
Isaiah 32:11
So tremble, you ladies of leisure! Shudder, you daughters who feel so complacent! Strip down and make yourselves naked down to the waist! Then wrap yourself in sackcloth and beat your breasts.
Jeremiah 9:17
This is what the LORD of the Heavenly Armies says: "Think about what I'm saying! Indeed, call out the professional mourners! Send for the best of them to come.
James 4:8
Come close to God, and he will come close to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
James 5:1
Now listen, you rich people! Cry and moan over the miseries that are overtaking you.

The husband

Proverbs 2:17
someone who abandoned the companion of her youth and forgot the covenant of her God.
Jeremiah 3:4
Have you not just called out to me, "My father, you are the friend of my youth
Malachi 2:15
Did he not make them one? And the vestige of the spirit remains in him. And why did he make them one? He was seeking godly offspring. So guard yourselves in your spirit, and don't be unfaithful to the wife of your youth.

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