'Widows' in the Bible

and My wrath shall be kindled and burn; I will kill you with the sword, and your wives shall become widows and your children fatherless.

“You have sent widows away empty-handed,And the arms (strength) of the fatherless have been broken.

“Those who survive him will be buried because of the plague,And [their] widows will not be able to weep.

A father of the fatherless and a judge and protector of the widows,Is God in His holy habitation.

His priests [Hophni and Phinehas] fell by the sword,And His widows could not weep.

Therefore the Lord does not rejoice over their young men,Nor does He have compassion on their fatherless or their widows;For every one of them is godless and an evildoer,And every mouth is speaking foolishness.In spite of all this, God’s anger does not turn awayBut His hand is still stretched out [in judgment].

So as to deprive the needy of justiceAnd rob the poor of My people of rightful claims,So that widows may be their spoilAnd that they may plunder the fatherless.

“I will make their widows more numerous before MeThan the sand of the seas;I will bring against them, against the mother of the young men,A destroyer at noonday;I will suddenly cause anguish and terrorTo fall on her.

Therefore, give their children over to the famine;Give them over to the power of the sword.And let their wives become childless and widowed;Let their men meet death [by virulent disease],Their young men be struck down by the sword in battle.

“Leave your orphans behind; I will [do what is needed to] keep them alive.And let [those who are] your widows trust and confide in Me.”

We have become orphans without a father;Our mothers are like widows.

There is a conspiracy of her [false] prophets in her midst, like a roaring lion tearing the prey. They have devoured [human] life; they have taken [in their greed] treasure and precious things; they have made many widows among her.