“For it is written, Rejoice, thou barren that bearest not; break forth and cry, thou that travailest not: for the desolate hath many more children than she which hath an husband.”
For it is written: 'Be glad, barren woman, who bears no children; break forth and cry aloud, you who have no labor pains; because more are the children of the desolate woman than of her who has a husband.' — Paul cites Isaiah 54:1 (post-exilic restoration oracle), applying it to the free woman (Sarah/heavenly Jerusalem) whose children will exceed the enslaved woman's (Hagar/earthly Jerusalem), a reversal of demographic expectation.
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