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 and lament, O priests! Wail, ministers of [the] altar! Come spend the night in sackcloth, ministers of my God, because offering and libation are withheld from the house of your God.
Joel 2:12
"And even now," {declares} Yahweh, "return to me with all your heart, with fasting, and weeping, and wailing."
Isaiah 22:12
And the Lord, Yahweh of hosts, called on that day for weeping and mourning, and for baldness and girding {with} sackcloth.
Isaiah 24:7
[The] new wine dries up; [the] vine languishes. All [the] merry of heart sigh;
Isaiah 32:11
Tremble, [you who are] at ease; tremble, carefree ones; strip, and strip yourself, and gird yourself on [your] loins,
Jeremiah 9:17
Thus says Yahweh of hosts: "Consider closely, and call for the wailing women, so that they come, and for the skillful women, so that they come.
James 4:8
Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse [your] hands, [you] sinners, and purify [your] hearts, [you] double-minded!
James 5:1
Come now, you rich people, weep [and] cry aloud over the miseries that are coming upon you!
The husband
Proverbs 2:17
she who forsakes the partner of her youth and has forgotten the covenant of her God,
Jeremiah 3:4
Have you not just now called to me, 'My father, you [are] the close friend of my youth?
Malachi 2:15
{Did not one God make them?} But a remnant of [the] spirit is his. And what does the one [God] desire? An offspring of God. {You must be attentive to} your spirit, and you must not be unfaithful to the wife of your youth.