⁶ Because the Lord had closed Hannah’s womb, her rival kept provoking her in order to irritate her.^(A)

⁷ This went on year after year. Whenever Hannah went up to the house of the Lord, her rival provoked her till she wept and would not eat.^(A)

²⁵ “The Lord has done this for me,” she said. “In these days he has shown his favor and taken away my disgrace^(A) among the people.”