Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
They that were full have hired out themselves for bread; and they that were hungry ceased: so that the barren hath born seven; and she that hath many children is waxed feeble.
The barren
Waxed feeble
Bible References
The barren
1 Samuel 1:20
{In due time}, Hannah conceived and gave birth to a son. She called his name Samuel, for [she said], "I requested him from Yahweh."
Psalm 113:9
[He] causes the barren woman of the house to dwell [as] the happy mother of children. Praise Yah!
Waxed feeble
1 Samuel 1:6
(Now her rival wife would provoke her severely in order to upset her because Yahweh had closed her womb.)
Isaiah 54:1
"Sing for joy, barren [woman]; [who] has not borne! Burst forth [into] rejoicing and rejoice, [she who] has not been in labor! For [the] children of [the] desolate woman [are] more than [the] children of [the] married woman," says Yahweh.
Jeremiah 15:9
She who gave birth to seven has withered away. She gasps her breath. Her sun {set} while still day. She has been put to shame and disgraced. And the remainder of them I will give to the sword {before} their enemies," {declares} Yahweh.
Galatians 4:27
For it is written, "Rejoice, O barren woman, who does not give birth to [children]; burst out and shout, [you] who do not have birth pains, because many [are] the children of the desolate [woman], even more than [those of] the one who has a husband."