“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.”
The joyful address to Zion—'Sing, O barren one who did not bear; break forth into singing and cry aloud, you who have not travailed with child; for the children of the desolate one will be more than the children of one who is married, says Yahweh'—celebrates Zion's restoration after infertility. The command to barren Zion to sing and cry suggests exuberant joy contrary to apparent circumstances. The promise that the desolate one will have more children than the married one inverts normal expectations. This verse uses fertility imagery to celebrate restoration as abundance exceeding previous fruitfulness.
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