Verse 8

Joel 1:8

Bible in Basic English

8 Make sounds of grief like a virgin dressed in haircloth for the husband of her early years.
Original Language Text
hebrew
אֱלִ֕י כִּ/בְתוּלָ֥ה חֲגֻֽרַת שַׂ֖ק עַל בַּ֥עַל נְעוּרֶֽי/הָ
English Translation
My God, a virgin clothed in sackcloth for her youthful husband.
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Chapter 1 Context
1 The word of the Lord which came to Joel, the son of Pethuel. Focus ↗
2 Give ear to this, you old men, and take note, you people of the land. Has this ever been in your day... Focus ↗
3 Give the story of it to your children, and let them give it to their children, and their children to... Focus ↗
4 What the worm did not make a meal of, has been taken by the locust; and what the locust did not take... Focus ↗
5 Come out of your sleep, you who are overcome with wine, and give yourselves to weeping; give cries o... Focus ↗
6 For a nation has come up over my land, strong and without number; his teeth are the teeth of a lion,... Focus ↗
7 By him my vine is made waste and my fig-tree broken: he has taken all its fruit and sent it down to... Focus ↗
8 Make sounds of grief like a virgin dressed in haircloth for the husband of her early years.
9 The meal offering and the drink offering have been cut off from the house of the Lord; the priests,... Focus ↗
10 The fields are wasted, the land has become dry; for the grain is wasted, the new wine is kept back,... Focus ↗
11 The farmers are shamed, the workers in the vine-gardens give cries of grief, for the wheat and the b... Focus ↗
12 The vine has become dry and the fig-tree is feeble; the pomegranate and the palm-tree and the apple-... Focus ↗
13 Put haircloth round you and give yourselves to sorrow, you priests; give cries of grief, you servant... Focus ↗
14 Let a time be fixed for going without food, have a holy meeting, let the old men, even all the peopl... Focus ↗
15 Sorrow for the day! for the day of the Lord is near, and as destruction from the Ruler of all it wil... Focus ↗
16 Is not food cut off before our eyes? joy and delight from the house of our God (Elohim)? Focus ↗
17 The grains have become small and dry under the spade; the store-houses are made waste, the grain-sto... Focus ↗
18 What sounds of pain come from the beasts! the herds of cattle are at a loss because there is no gras... Focus ↗
19 O Lord, my cry goes up to you: for fire has put an end to the grass-lands of the waste, and all the... Focus ↗
20 The beasts of the field are turning to you with desire: for the water-streams are dry and fire has p... Focus ↗