Bible Cross References
Lament
Joel 1:13-15
13
Put on sackcloth and weep, you priests who serve at the altar! Go into the Temple and mourn all night! There is no grain or wine to offer your God.
14
Give orders for a fast; call an assembly! Gather the leaders and all the people of Judah into the Temple of the LORD your God and cry out to him!
15
The day of the LORD is near, the day when the Almighty brings destruction. What terror that day will bring!
Joel 2:12-14
12
"But even now," says the LORD, "repent sincerely and return to me with fasting and weeping and mourning.
13
Let your broken heart show your sorrow; tearing your clothes is not enough." Come back to the LORD your God. He is kind and full of mercy; he is patient and keeps his promise; he is always ready to forgive and not punish.
14
Perhaps the LORD your God will change his mind and bless you with abundant crops. Then you can offer him grain and wine.
Isaiah 22:12
The Sovereign LORD Almighty was calling you then to weep and mourn, to shave your heads and wear sackcloth.
Isaiah 24:7-12
7
The grapevines wither, and wine is becoming scarce. Everyone who was once happy is now sad,
8
and the joyful music of their harps and drums has ceased.
9
There is no more happy singing over wine; no one enjoys its taste any more.
10
In the city everything is in chaos, and people lock themselves in their houses for safety.
11
People shout in the streets because there is no more wine. Happiness is gone forever; it has been banished from the land.
12
The city is in ruins, and its gates have been broken down.
Isaiah 32:11
You have been living an easy life, free from worries; but now, tremble with fear! Strip off your clothes and tie rags around your waist.
Jeremiah 9:17-19
17
The LORD Almighty said, "Think about what is happening! Call for the mourners to come, for the women who sing funeral songs."
18
The people said, "Tell them to hurry and sing a funeral song for us, until our eyes fill with tears, and our eyelids are wet from crying."
19
Listen to the sound of crying in Zion: "We are ruined! We are completely disgraced! We must leave our land; our homes have been torn down."
James 4:8
Come near to God, and he will come near to you. Wash your hands, you sinners! Purify your hearts, you hypocrites!
James 4:9
Be sorrowful, cry, and weep; change your laughter into crying, your joy into gloom!
James 5:1
And now, you rich people, listen to me! Weep and wail over the miseries that are coming upon you!
the husband
Proverbs 2:17
who is faithless to her own husband and forgets her sacred vows.
Jeremiah 3:4
"And now you say to me, 'You are my father, and you have loved me ever since I was a child.
Malachi 2:15
Didn't God make you one body and spirit with her? What was his purpose in this? It was that you should have children who are truly God's people. So make sure that none of you breaks his promise to his wife.