Holy Scripture
Joel 1:8
A church father on this verse
“(Verse 8.) Lament like a young woman dressed in sackcloth, over the man of your youth. (Vulgate: Lament like a young woman dressed in sackcloth, over her young husband). LXX: Lament to me over the bride dressed in sackcloth, over her young husband. The man of youth, or as the Septuagint translated, παρθενικὸς, which i…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
8Lament to me more than a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth.
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6For a strong and innumerable nation is come up against my land, their teeth are lion’s teeth, and their back teeth those of a lion’s whelp.
7He has ruined my vine, and utterly broken my fig trees: he has utterly searched my vine, and cast it down; he has peeled its branches.
— Joel 1:8 —
9The meat offering and drink offering are removed from the house of the Lord: mourn, ye priests that serve at the altar of the Lord.
10For the plains languish: let the land mourn, for the corn languishes; the wine is dried up, the oil becomes scarce;