“However much she glorified herself and grew wanton, so much give her of torment and mourning. For she says in her heart, ‘I sit a queen, and am no widow, and will in no way see mourning.’”

Reading this verse in context

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Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.