Thematic Bible: Not to be given in marriage was considered a calamity
Thematic Bible
Women » Not to be given in marriage was considered a calamity
And in that day seven women will take hold of one man, saying, “We will eat our own food and wear [and provide] our own clothes; only let us be called by your name; take away our shame [of being unmarried].”
And she said to her father, “Let this one thing be done for me; let me alone for two months, so that I may go to the mountains and weep over my virginity, I and my companions.”
The fire [of war] devoured His young men,
And His [bereaved] virgins had no wedding songs.