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Joel 1:8

King James Version (KJV)

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Joel 1:8

Verse 8 of 20

Scripture focus

Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth.

Joel 1:8 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Joel 1:8

Theological / Devotional

Husband of her youth. Doubtless one to whom the maiden is betrothed and whom she sincerely loves, but who dies before they are married. Instead of a wedding dress she puts on the rough sackcloth garment of mourning. Under Mosaic law a betrothal was, in its general aspects, considered to be as binding as a marriage (see on Deut. 22:23; Matt. 1:18-20).

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