Thematic Bible: Celibacy deplored
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Marriage » Celibacy deplored
For seven women will take hold of one man in that day, saying, “We will eat our own bread and wear our own clothes, only let us be called by your name; take away our reproach!”
For thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: “Behold, I am going to eliminate from this place, before your eyes and in your time, the voice of rejoicing and the voice of gladness, the voice of the groom and the voice of the bride.
Then he said, “Go.” So he sent her away for two months; and she left with her companions, and wept on the mountains because of her virginity.