Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth.
The husband
Bible References
Lament
Joel 1:13
Gird yourselves with sackcloth , and lament, ye priests; wail, ye ministers of the altar; come, lie all night in sackcloth, ye ministers of my God: for the meal-offering and the drink-offering are withholden from the house of your God.
Joel 2:12
Yet even now, saith Jehovah, turn ye unto me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning:
Isaiah 22:12
And in that day did the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth:
Isaiah 24:7
The new wine mourneth, the vine languisheth, all the merry-hearted do sigh.
Isaiah 32:11
Tremble, ye women that are at ease; be troubled, ye careless ones; strip you, and make you bare, and gird'sackcloth upon your loins.
Jeremiah 9:17
Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, Consider ye, and call for the mourning women, that they may come; and send for the skilful women, that they may come:
James 4:8
Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye doubleminded.
James 5:1
Come now, ye rich, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming upon you.
The husband
Proverbs 2:17
That forsaketh the friend of her youth, And forgetteth the covenant of her God:
Jeremiah 3:4
Wilt thou not from this time cry unto me, My Father, thou art the guide of my youth?
Malachi 2:15
And did he not make one, although he had the residue of the Spirit? And wherefore one? He sought a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth.