Thematic Bible: Celibacy deplored


Thematic Bible



And in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying, We will eat our own bread, and wear our own apparel: only let us be called by your name, to take away our reproach.

For thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will cause to cease out of this place in your eyes, and in your days, the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride.

And he said, Go. And he sent her away for two months: and she went with her companions, and lamented her virginity upon the mountains.