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Joel Chapter 1 verse 8 Holy Bible

ASV Joel 1:8

Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth.
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BBE Joel 1:8

Make sounds of grief like a virgin dressed in haircloth for the husband of her early years.
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DARBY Joel 1:8

Wail like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth.
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KJV Joel 1:8

Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth.
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WBT Joel 1:8

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WEB Joel 1:8

Mourn like a virgin dressed in sackcloth for the husband of her youth!
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YLT Joel 1:8

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

Pulpit CommentaryVerses 8-13. - The consequence of such ruin and havoc is great and general lamentation. The drunkards were first called on in the preceding verses to mourn, for the distress came first and nearest to them. But now the priests, the Lord's ministers, mourn; things inanimate, by a touching personification, join in the lamentation - the land mourneth; the husbandmen that till the ground mourn. Verse 8. - Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth. 1. The verb here, which is an ἅπαξ λεγόμενον, is (1) imperative feminine; the subject must, of course, correspond. That subject has been variously supplied: (a) the ground, according to Aben Ezra; . . .

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(8) For the husband of her youth.--The land is addressed as a virgin betrothed, but not yet married, and forfeiting her marriage by unworthy conduct. Such was the relation of Israel to the Lord: He was faithful, but Israel unfaithful. Now let her mourn the penalty.