1 Samuel 2:5
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5 Those who were full have hired themselves out for bread,
but those who were hungry have ceased to hunger.
(A)The barren has borne seven,
(B)but she who has many children is forlorn.
Jeremiah 15:9
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9 (A)She who bore seven has grown feeble;
(B)she has fainted away;
(C)her sun went down while it was yet day;
she has been shamed and disgraced.
And the rest of them I will give to the sword
before their enemies,
declares the Lord.”
Psalm 113:9
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Luke 1:53
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Psalm 34:10
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Isaiah 54:1
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The Eternal Covenant of Peace
54 (A)“Sing, O barren one, who did not bear;
break forth into singing and cry aloud,
you who have not been in labor!
For the children of (B)the desolate one (C)will be more
than the children of her who is married,” says the Lord.
Galatians 4:27
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27 For it is written,
(A)“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.”
Luke 16:25
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25 But Abraham said, ‘Child, remember that (A)you in your lifetime received your good things, and Lazarus in like manner bad things; but now he is comforted here, and you are in anguish.
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1 Samuel 1:20
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20 And in due time Hannah conceived and bore a son, and she called his name Samuel, for she said, “I have asked for him from the Lord.”[a]
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- 1 Samuel 1:20 Samuel sounds like the Hebrew for heard of God
1 Samuel 1:6
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6 And her rival used to provoke her grievously to irritate her, because the Lord had closed her womb.
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