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For it is written, "Rejoice, you barren who don`t bear. Break forth and shout, you that don`t travail. For more are the children of the desolate than of her who has the husband."
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The Barren Woman's Children
Commentators explain that Paul quotes Isaiah 54:1 to illustrate a stunning reversal. The 'barren woman' represents the new covenant community (the heavenly Jerusalem), which seemed small and insignificant. The prophecy declares that this community, through the inclusion of Gentiles, would have far more spiritual children than the old covenant community (the 'woman with a husband'). This was a promise that Christianity would experience explosive, worldwide growth.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
For it is written. This passage is found in Isaiah 44:1. For an exposition of its meaning as it occurs there, see my Notes on Isaiah. The …
Which is our mother (ητις εστιν μητηρ ημων). The mother of us Christians, apply the allegory of Hagar and Sarah to us. The Jerusal…
19th Century
Anglican
Rejoice, thou barren.—The quotation is from Isaiah 54:1. It has reference, in the first instance, to the restoration of t…
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Baptist
For it is written, Rejoice, thou barren that bearest not: break forth and cry, thou that travailest not: for the desolate hath many more childr…
There is no evidence that the verse Paul now quotes (Isaiah 54:1) was ever associated with the story of Hagar and Sarah and their child…
16th Century
Protestant
For it is written. The apostle proves, by a quotation from Isaiah, that the lawful sons of the Church are born according to the promise. T…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
For it is written (Isaiah 44:1) , which is cited to prove, that the heavenly Jerusalem, or Gospel church stat…
The difference between believers who rested in Christ only, and those who trusted in the law, is explained by the histories of Isaac and Ishmael. T…
