Verse 5

The satiated for bread hired themselves, And the hungry have ceased. While the barren hath borne seven, And she abounding with sons hath languished.

Referenced Verses

  • Ps 113:9 : 9 Causing the barren one of the house to sit, A joyful mother of sons; praise ye Jah!
  • Jer 15:9 : 9 Languished hath the bearer of seven, She hath breathed out her spirit, Gone in hath her sun while yet day, It hath been ashamed and confounded, And their residue to the sword I give up before their enemies, An affirmation of Jehovah.
  • Isa 54:1 : 1 Sing, O barren, she hath not borne! Break forth with singing, and cry aloud, She hath not brought forth! For more `are' the sons of the desolate, Than the sons of the married one, said Jehovah.
  • 1 Sam 1:6 : 6 and her adversity hath also provoked her greatly, so as to make her tremble, for Jehovah hath shut up her womb.
  • 1 Sam 1:20 : 20 and it cometh to pass, at the revolution of the days, that Hannah conceiveth, and beareth a son, and calleth his name Samuel, `for, from Jehovah I have asked him.'
  • Ps 34:10 : 10 Young lions have lacked and been hungry, And those seeking Jehovah lack not any good,
  • Luke 1:53 : 53 The hungry He did fill with good, And the rich He sent away empty,
  • Luke 16:25 : 25 `And Abraham said, Child, remember that thou did receive -- thou -- thy good things in thy life, and Lazarus in like manner the evil things, and now he is comforted, and thou art distressed;
  • Gal 4:27 : 27 for it hath been written, `Rejoice, O barren, who art not bearing; break forth and cry, thou who art not travailing, because many `are' the children of the desolate -- more than of her having the husband.'