27 [a]For it is written, (A)Rejoice thou barren that bearest no children: break forth, and cry, thou that travailest not: for the [b]desolate hath many more children, than she which hath an husband.

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  1. Galatians 4:27 He showeth that in this allegory, he hath followed the steps of Isaiah, who foretold that the Church should be made and consist of the children of barren Sarah, that is to say, of them which only spiritually should be made Ahraham’s children by faith, rather than of fruitful Hagar, even then foreshowing the casting off of the Jews, and calling of the Gentiles.
  2. Galatians 4:27 She that is destroyed and wasted.

27 For it is written:

“Be glad, barren woman,
    you who never bore a child;
shout for joy and cry aloud,
    you who were never in labor;
because more are the children of the desolate woman
    than of her who has a husband.”[a](A)

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  1. Galatians 4:27 Isaiah 54:1

28 (A)Therefore, brethren, we are after the [a]manner of Isaac, children of the [b]promise.

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  1. Galatians 4:28 After the manner of Isaac who is the first begotten of the heavenly Jerusalem, as Israel is of the slavish Synagogue.
  2. Galatians 4:28 That seed, unto which the promise belongeth.

28 Now you, brothers and sisters, like Isaac, are children of promise.(A)

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