JOY Galatians 4:27

For it is written: "Be glad barren woman, you who never bore a child; shout for joy and cry aloud, you who were never in labor; because more are the children of the desolate woman than of her who has a husband."

Be glad barren woman 
Genesis 30:1  When Rachel saw that she was not bearing Jacob any children, she became jealous of her sister. So she said to Jacob, "Give me children, or I'll die!"

shout for joy and cry aloud 
Genesis 21:6  Sarah said, "God has brought me laughter, and everyone who hears about this will laugh with me."
Psalm 98:4  Shout for joy to the LORD, all the earth, burst into jubilant song with music; ...

you who were never in labor 
Isaiah 66:7  "Before she goes into labor she gives birth; before the pains come upon her, she delivers a son."

because more are the children 
Isaiah 49:20  "The children born during your bereavement will yet say in your hearing, 'This place is too small for us; give us more space to live in.' "

of the desolate woman 
Isaiah 49:19  "Though you were ruined and made desolate and your land laid waste, now you will be too small for your people, and those who devoured you will be far away."

than of her who has a husband 
1 Samuel 2:5  "Those who were full hire themselves out for food, but those who were hungry are hungry no more. She who was barren has borne seven children, but she who has had many sons pines away."

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