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NASB					Joel 1:8 ¶ ^AWail⁴²¹ like a virgin¹³³⁰ ^Bgirded²²⁹⁶ with sackcloth⁸²⁴² For the bridegroom¹¹⁶⁷ of her youth⁵²⁷¹.
AMPLIFIED 2015					Joel 1:8 ¶ Wail like a virgin [bride] clothed with ¹sackcloth For the bridegroom of her youth [who has died].

Amplified 2015 Translator's Notes:
Literal renderings, alternate translations or explanations.

A coarse cloth made from goat's hair. It was worn as a sign of mourning or as an act of penitence.

NASB Cross References:
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Is 22:12 ¶ Therefore in that day the Lord GOD of hosts called you to weeping, to wailing,
To shaving the head and to wearing sackcloth.

Joel 1:13 ¶ Gird yourselves with sackcloth
And lament, O priests;
Wail, O ministers of the altar!
Come, spend the night in sackcloth
O ministers of my God,
For the grain offering and the drink offering
Are withheld from the house of your God.

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Greek Heb.

421

alah (46d); a prim. root; to wail:--wail(1).

1167

baal (127b); from 1166; owner, lord:--allies*(1), archers*(1), bird*(1), bound(1), bridegroom(1), captain(1), case*(1), charmer*(1), citizens(1), creditor*(1), dominant(1), dreamer*(1), due(1), husband(8), husbands(2), leaders(6), lords(1), man(3), married*(2), master's(1), masters(1), men(14), owner(15), owners(2), possessors(2), relative by marriage(1), schemer*(1), who has(1), who practice(1), wrathful*(1).

1330

bethulah (143d); from an unused word; a virgin:--maidens(1), virgin(32), virgins(17).

2296

chagar (291c); a prim. root; to gird, gird on, gird oneself:--armed(3), bound(1), come trembling(1), dressed*(1), gird(11), gird yourselves(2), girded(15), girds(3), put(4), wearing(3).

5271

naur (655b); from the same as 5288; youth, early life:--youth(47).

8242

saq (974b); of unc. der.; sack, sackcloth:--sack(4), sackcloth(42), sacks(2).

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