4 In that day so few men will be left that seven women will fight for each man, saying, “Let us all marry you! We will provide our own food and clothing. Only let us take your name so we won’t be mocked as old maids.”

²³ She became pregnant and gave birth to a son. “God has removed my disgrace,” she said.

²² For those will be days of God’s vengeance, and the prophetic words of the Scriptures will be fulfilled.

²⁵ “How kind the Lord is!” she exclaimed. “He has taken away my disgrace of having no children.”

¹² We command such people and urge them in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ to settle down and work to earn their own living.

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