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 you, and make your moan, O ye priests: mourn ye ministers of the alter: go your way in, and sleep in sackcloth, O ye officers of my God: for the meat and drink offering shall be taken away from the house of your God.
Joel 2:12
And now therefore saith the LORD: Turn to me with all your hearts, in fasting and lamentation.
Isaiah 22:12
And at the same time shall the LORD of Hosts call men to weeping, mourning, to baldness and a putting on of sackcloth.
Isaiah 24:7
The sweet wine shall mourn, the grapes shall be weak, and all that have been merry in heart, shall sigh.
Isaiah 32:11
O ye rich idle cities, ye that fear no peril: ye shall be abashed and removed, when ye see the bareness, the nakedness, and preparing to war.
Jeremiah 9:17
Moreover, thus sayeth the LORD of Hosts, "Look that ye call for mourning wives, and send for wise women: that they come shortly,
James 4:8
Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands ye sinners, and purge your hearts ye wavering minded.
James 5:1
Go to now, ye rich men. Weep, and howl on your wretchedness that shall come upon you.
The husband
Proverbs 2:17
forsaketh the husband of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God.
Jeremiah 3:4
Else wouldst thou say unto me, 'O my father, thou art he that hast brought me up, and led me from my youth:
Malachi 2:15
So did not the one, and yet had he an excellent spirit. What did then the one? He sought the seed promised of God. Therefore look well to your spirit, and let no man despise the wife of his youth.