Verse 9

He gives the barren woman a home, making her a joyful mother of children. Praise the Lord!

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 68:6 : 6 A father to the fatherless, a defender of widows, is God in His holy dwelling.
  • Isa 54:1 : 1 Sing, O barren woman who has not given birth! Break forth into song and shout with joy, you who have not been in labor! For the children of the desolate woman are more than the children of the married woman, says the Lord.
  • 1 Sam 2:5 : 5 'Those who were full hire themselves out for bread, but those who were hungry are hungry no more. The barren woman has borne seven children, but she who has many sons languishes.'
  • Gen 21:5-7 : 5 Abraham was one hundred years old when his son Isaac was born to him. 6 Sarah said, 'God has brought me laughter, and everyone who hears about this will laugh with me.' 7 And she added, 'Who would have said to Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? Yet I have borne him a son in his old age.'
  • Gen 25:21 : 21 Isaac prayed to the LORD on behalf of his wife because she was barren. The LORD answered his prayer, and Rebekah his wife conceived.
  • Gen 30:22-23 : 22 Then God remembered Rachel. He listened to her and opened her womb. 23 She conceived and gave birth to a son and said, 'God has taken away my disgrace.'
  • Luke 1:13-15 : 13 But the angel said to him, "Do not be afraid, Zechariah, because your prayer has been heard. Your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you are to name him John. 14 You will have joy and gladness, and many will rejoice at his birth. 15 For he will be great in the sight of the Lord and will never drink wine or strong drink. He will be filled with the Holy Spirit even from his mother’s womb.
  • Gal 4:27 : 27 For it is written: 'Rejoice, O barren one who does not bear; break forth and cry aloud, you who are not in labor! For the children of the desolate one will be more than those of the one who has a husband.'