Sing, O barren, thou [that] didst not bear; break forth into singing, and cry aloud, thou [that] didst not travail with child: for more [are] the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife, saith the LORD.
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Hebrew original
Louis Segond 1910
Réjouis-toi, stérile, toi qui n'enfantes plus! Fais éclater ton allégresse et ta joie, toi qui n'as plus de douleurs! Car les fils de la délaissée seront plus nombreux Que les fils de celle qui est mariée, dit l'Eternel.
KJV
Sing, O barren, thou [that] didst not bear; break forth into singing, and cry aloud, thou [that] didst not travail with child: for more [are] the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife, saith the LORD.
S. Paschatius Radbertus
On the Birth of the Virgin
re not in labor, because more are the children of the desolate woman than of her who has a husband" (Isaiah 54:1). Hence, also, Hannah in her song says: "Until the barren woman has borne many; and she who has many children has become feeble" (First Samuel 2:5). Therefore, He alon…
Salvian of Marseille
Against Greed in four books Book Two
en in labor; because the children of the desolate woman are more than those of her who has a husband Isaiah 54:1. For barren is the one who does not give birth, and desolate is the one who has separated herself from all the lures of the world, and without a husband is the one who…
Various
Patrologia Latina Vol. 93 (Migne)
lama, quae non parturis, quia plures filii desertae magis quam ejus quae habet virum [Col. 0313D] (Isa. LIV, 1) . Risus autem Sarae non est dubitatio, sed prophetia. Qui risus duplicem habet significantiam, sive quod risus futurus esset incredulis Christus, sive quod omnes inim…
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