Bible Dictionary: Widows: A Desolate Condition

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Isaiah 47:8,9
Therefore hear now this, you that are given to pleasures, that dwell carelessly, that say in your heart, I am, and none else beside me; I shall not sit as a widow, neither shall I know the loss of children:
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Library

Psalm CXXXII.
... me that he might now listen to me, on the condition that I ... have husbands, take pride
in the protection of their husbands: widows seem desolate, and their ...
/.../augustine/exposition on the book of psalms/psalm cxxxii.htm

Letter cxxx. (AD 412. )
... 30. Now what makes this work specially suitable to widows but their bereaved
and desolate condition? Whosoever, then, understands ...
/.../augustine/the confessions and letters of st/letter cxxx a d 412.htm

The Gladness of the Man of Sorrows
... upon the cross, and you find him, after he bemoaned his desolate condition, comforting
himself ... for ye devour widows' houses, and for a pretense make long prayer ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 9 1863/the gladness of the man.htm

Letter cxxiii. To Ageruchia.
... indeed," that is, such as are desolate and have no ... can say to Timothy, "the younger
widows refuse," [3311 ... A forgetfulness of his true condition gradually creeps ...
/.../jerome/the principal works of st jerome/letter cxxiii to ageruchia.htm

"Is not this the Carpenter's Son?"
... a truth I say unto you, There were many widows in Israel ... cut like a knife as their
real condition was set ... Behold, your house is left unto you desolate." Luke 13 ...
//christianbookshelf.org/white/the desire of ages/chapter 24 is not this.htm

Letter to a Young Widow.
... grief, nor driven out of thy natural condition of mind ... And "the younger widows" he
says "refuse;" and then he ... she who is a widow indeed and desolate hath set ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/chrysostom/on the priesthood/letter to a young widow.htm

A Discourse
... To be, as was said, in a wood, and without light too, is a condition very desolate:
the Egyptians found it so, for all they were in their houses (Exodus 10:21 ...
/.../bunyan/the works of john bunyan volumes 1-3/a discourse.htm

National Sins and Miseries
... 4. Such is the condition of Englishmen at home ... Who considered his helpless children,
now desolate orphans, " it may ... more especially to the poor widows, to the ...
/.../wesley/sermons on several occasions/sermon 130 national sins and.htm

Palestine under Pagan Kings.
... Thus was the land left desolate; and thus ended the ... In this debased and forlorn
condition the mighty conqueror ... And the widows of Ashur are loud in their wail ...
/.../headley/half hours in bible lands volume 2/palestine under pagan kings.htm

The Church.
... and tremblings, with the cries of the widows, children, and ... can the world judge of
the condition of the ... Egypt; it is an empty, forlorn, desolate, solitary, and ...
//christianbookshelf.org/bunyan/the riches of bunyan/xxi the church.htm

Subtopics

Widows

Widows Remarrying

Widows were Clothed in Mourning After the Decease of Husbands

Widows were Frequently Oppressed and Persecuted

Widows were Released from all Obligation to Former Husbands

Widows were Under the Special Protection of God

Widows: A Desolate Condition

Widows: A Type of Zion in Affliction

Widows: Allowed to Marry Again

Widows: Blessings on Those Who Relieve

Widows: Character of True