Joe 1:8 | CPDV | STEP | Lament like a betrothed virgin, wrapped in sackcloth at the loss of the husband of her youth.

‏ Joel 1:8

8 Lament like a betrothed virgin, wrapped in sackcloth at the loss of the husband of her youth. ^{▼▼1:8This verse has been translated more loosely because a strict translation would obscure the meaning of the verse. The virgin is actually a betrothed virgin; she has married a man, but she is still a virgin because, according to ancient custom, they have not moved in together right away. He died and so she is mourning in sackcloth.(Conte)}