Galatians 4:27 Cross References
Galatians 4:27
27: That is what Isaiah meant when he prophesied, "Rejoice, O childless woman! Break forth into loud and joyful song, even though you never gave birth to a child. For the woman who could bear no children now has more than all the other women!"
Isaiah 54:1
- "Sing, O childless woman! Break forth into loud and joyful song, O Jerusalem, even though you never gave birth to a child. For the woman who could bear no children now has more than all the other women," says the LORD.
- "Enlarge your house; build an addition; spread out your home!
- For you will soon be bursting at the seams. Your descendants will take over other nations and live in their cities.
- "Fear not; you will no longer live in shame. The shame of your youth and the sorrows of widowhood will be remembered no more,
- for your Creator will be your husband. The LORD Almighty is his name! He is your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel, the God of all the earth.
Psalms 113:9
- He gives the barren woman a home, so that she becomes a happy mother. Praise the LORD!
Ruth 4:14
- And the women of the town said to Naomi, "Praise the LORD who has given you a family redeemer today! May he be famous in Israel.
- May this child restore your youth and care for you in your old age. For he is the son of your daughter-in-law who loves you so much and who has been better to you than seven sons!"
- Naomi took care of the baby and cared for him as if he were her own.
1 Samuel 2:5
- Those who were well fed are now starving; and those who were starving are now full. The barren woman now has seven children; but the woman with many children will have no more.
1 Timothy 5:5
- But a woman who is a true widow, one who is truly alone in this world, has placed her hope in God. Night and day she asks God for help and spends much time in prayer.
2 Samuel 13:20
- Her brother Absalom saw her and asked, "Is it true that Amnon has been with you? Well, don't be so upset. Since he's your brother anyway, don't worry about it." So Tamar lived as a desolate woman in Absalom's house.
Ruth 1:11
- But Naomi replied, "Why should you go on with me? Can I still give birth to other sons who could grow up to be your husbands?
- No, my daughters, return to your parents' homes, for I am too old to marry again. And even if it were possible, and I were to get married tonight and bear sons, then what?
- Would you wait for them to grow up and refuse to marry someone else? No, of course not, my daughters! Things are far more bitter for me than for you, because the LORD himself has caused me to suffer."
Isaiah 49:21
- Then you will think to yourself, `Who has given me all these descendants? For most of my children were killed, and the rest were carried away into exile. I was left here all alone. Who bore these children? Who raised them for me?'"