Joel 1:8
Wail like a virgin dressed in sackcloth,
What it says
The people are called to wail like a virgin clothed in sackcloth for the husband of her youth.
What it is doing
This verse sets the tone of intense covenant grief that now suits the nation.
In context
8Wail like a virgin dressed in sackcloth, 9Grain and drink offerings have been cut off 10The field is ruined; 11Be dismayed, O farmers, 12The grapevine is dried up,