Verse 8

Joel 1:8

Young's Literal Translation

8 Wail, as a virgin girdeth with sackcloth, For the husband of her youth.

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 A word of Jehovah that hath been unto Joel, son of Pethuel: Focus ↗

2 Hear this, ye aged ones, And give ear, all ye inhabitants of the land, Hath this been in your days?... Focus ↗

3 Concerning it to your sons talk ye, And your sons to their sons, And their sons to another generatio... Focus ↗

4 What is left of the palmer-worm, eaten hath the locust, And what is left of the locust, Eaten hath t... Focus ↗

5 Awake, ye drunkards, and weep, And howl all drinking wine, because of the juice, For it hath been cu... Focus ↗

6 For a nation hath come up on my land, Strong, and there is no number, Its teeth [are] the teeth of a... Focus ↗

7 It hath made my vine become a desolation, And my fig-tree become a chip, It hath made it thoroughly... Focus ↗

8 Wail, as a virgin girdeth with sackcloth, For the husband of her youth.

9 Cut off hath been present and libation from the house of Jehovah, Mourned have the priests, ministra... Focus ↗

10 Spoiled is the field, mourned hath the ground, For spoiled is the corn, Dried up hath been new wine,... Focus ↗

11 Be ashamed, ye husbandmen, Howl, vine-dressers, for wheat and for barley, For perished hath the harv... Focus ↗

12 The vine hath been dried up, And the fig-tree doth languish, Pomegranate, also palm, and apple-tree,... Focus ↗

13 Gird, and lament, ye priests, Howl, ye ministrants of the altar, Come in, lodge in sackcloth, minist... Focus ↗

14 Sanctify a fast, proclaim a restraint, Gather the elders -- all the inhabitants of the land, [Into]... Focus ↗

15 And cry unto Jehovah, 'Alas for the day! For near [is] a day of Jehovah, And as destruction from the... Focus ↗

16 Is not before our eyes food cut off? From the house of our God (Elohim) joy and rejoicing? Focus ↗

17 Rotted have scattered things under their clods, Desolated have been storehouses, Broken down have be... Focus ↗

18 How have cattle sighed! Perplexed have been droves of oxen, For there is no pasture for them, Also d... Focus ↗

19 Unto Thee, O Jehovah, I do call, For fire hath consumed comely places of a wilderness, And a flame h... Focus ↗

20 Also the cattle of the field long for Thee, For dried up have been streams of water, And fire hath c... Focus ↗

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