'Bereaved' in the Bible
Jacob their father said to them, “You have bereaved me [by causing the loss] of my children. Joseph is no more, and Simeon is no more, and you would take Benjamin [from me]. All these things are [working] against me.”
and may God Almighty grant you compassion and favor before the man, so that he will release to you your other brother [Simeon] and Benjamin. And as for me, if I am bereaved of my children [Joseph, Simeon, and Benjamin], I am bereaved.”
He shall not become unclean as a relative by marriage among his people, and so profane himself.
The fire [of war] devoured His young men,And His [bereaved] virgins had no wedding songs.
I am sleepless and lie awake [mourning],I have become like a lonely bird on a housetop.
Be ashamed, O Sidon [mother-city of Tyre, now like a widow bereaved of her children];For the sea speaks, the stronghold of the sea, saying,“I have neither labored nor given birth [to children];I have neither brought up young men nor reared virgins.”
My soul has been cast far away from peace;I have forgotten happiness.
“Thus says the Lord God, ‘Because they say to you, “You [O land] are a devourer of people and have bereaved your nation of children,”
“I will not leave you as orphans [comfortless, bereaved, and helpless]; I will come [back] to you.
And the ten horns which you saw, and the beast, these will hate the prostitute and will make her desolate and naked [stripped of her power and influence], and will eat her flesh and completely consume her with fire.
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