Galatians 4:27
For it is written:
who does not give birth.
Burst into song and shout,
you who are not in labor,
for the children of the desolate are many,
more numerous than those
of the woman who has a husband.
Ruth 1:11-13
But Naomi replied, “Return home, my daughters. Why do you want to go with me? Am I able to have any more sons
Ruth 4:14-16
Then the women said to Naomi, “Praise the Lord, who has not left you without a family redeemer today. May his name become well known in Israel.
1 Samuel 2:5
but those who are starving hunger no more.
The woman who is childless gives birth to seven,
but the woman with many sons pines away.
2 Samuel 13:20
Her brother Absalom said to her: “Has your brother Amnon been with you? Be quiet for now, my sister. He is your brother. Don’t take this thing to heart.” So Tamar lived as a desolate woman
Psalm 113:9
making her the joyful mother of children.
Hallelujah!
Isaiah 49:21
‘Who fathered these for me?
I was deprived of my children and unable to conceive,
exiled and wandering—
but who brought them up?
See, I was left by myself—
but these, where did they come from?’”
Isaiah 54:1-5
burst into song and shout,
you who have not been in labor!
For the children of the forsaken one will be more
than the children of the married woman,”
says the Lord.
1 Timothy 5:5
The real widow, left all alone, has put her hope in God
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Rejoice
Barren
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Rejoice
burst into song and shout,
you who have not been in labor!
For the children of the forsaken one will be more
than the children of the married woman,”
says the Lord.
Barren
but those who are starving hunger no more.
The woman who is childless gives birth to seven,
but the woman with many sons pines away.
making her the joyful mother of children.
Hallelujah!
Desolate
‘Who fathered these for me?
I was deprived of my children and unable to conceive,
exiled and wandering—
but who brought them up?
See, I was left by myself—
but these, where did they come from?’”