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2 Samuel 13 records Tamar's rape by Amnon with brutal specificity — her words "do not force me," his refusal to listen, and then "the hatred wherewith he hated her was greater than the love wherewith he had loved her." Afterward she put ashes on her head, tore her robe, and went away desolate. She is not a peripheral character in Scripture — her story is told in full. God did not look away from what happened to Tamar. He inscribed it into the text of his Word.

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Key Scriptures (5 verses, KJV)

  1. The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound.

    Isaiah 61:1 (KJV)

    Jesus claimed this verse as his mission statement. The Hebrew derowr — 'liberty' — is specifically the release of prisoners, those held against their will. The healing of the violated was not peripheral to Jesus' mission. He announced it as the center.

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  2. Thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand: the poor committeth himself unto thee; thou art the helper of the fatherless.

    Psalms 10:14 (KJV)

    The Hebrew raah — 'thou hast seen it' — means to see with full attention, to take complete note of. What happened to you was not invisible to God. He saw it entirely. The poor — those without power to defend themselves — specifically commit themselves to the one who saw everything.

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  3. The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.

    Psalms 34:18 (KJV)

    The Hebrew shabar — 'broken heart' — means structurally shattered, not sad. God's proximity is specifically to the shattered, not only to the composed. Sexual assault produces exactly this kind of shattering. God draws closer to it, not away from it.

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  4. For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

    Romans 8:38–39 (KJV)

    Paul's list is meant to be exhaustive. What was done to you does not separate you from God's love. The shame abuse produces is not a separator. There is no asterisk on Paul's list — no category of experience that works as a separator from this love.

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  5. He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.

    Psalms 147:3 (KJV)

    The Hebrew chabash — 'bindeth up' — is the word for bandaging a wound, the specific work of a healer on an injury. This is not metaphorical. The healing God does for the wounds of violation is described in medical terms, as real work on a real injury.

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Theological Context

Isaiah 61:1 describes Jesus' mission in terms Jesus himself claimed in the Nazareth synagogue: "to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound." The Hebrew shabar — "brokenhearted" — means shattered, structurally destroyed. The Hebrew derowr — "liberty" — is the word for the release of prisoners, the specific freedom of someone who has been held against their will. The healing of the violated was at the center of the mission Jesus announced.

Psalm 10:14 makes a specific claim about God's relationship to violence done to the vulnerable: "thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand: the poor committeth himself unto thee; thou art the helper of the fatherless." The Hebrew raah — "thou hast seen it" — means to see with full attention, to take note of completely. What happened to you was not invisible to God. He saw it with full attention. Seeking professional support — therapy, trauma-informed care — is wisdom in response to an injury that requires skilled care.

Commentary is from a charismatic Protestant perspective, drawing on KJV text and public-domain sources including Spurgeon, Andrew Murray, and Matthew Henry.

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Romans 8:38–39 exhausts every category of separation from God's love and says none of them work. Violation is not on the list — not because it is trivial but because nothing can be on that list. "Neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God." What was done to you does not separate you from the love of God. The shame that abuse produces is not a separator. Paul's list is comprehensive.

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