Isaiah 54:1 ““Shout for joy, O barren woman, who bears no children; break forth in…”

Isaiah 54:1

“Shout for joy, O barren woman, who bears no children; break forth in song and cry aloud, you who have never travailed; because more are the children of the desolate woman than of her who has a husband,” says the LORD.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

“Sing, barren, you who didn’t give birth! Break out into singing, and cry aloud, you who didn’t travail with child! For more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife,” says the LORD.

American Standard Version

Geneva Bible 1599

Rejoice, O barren that diddest not beare: breake forth into ioy and reioyce, thou that diddest not trauaile with childe: for the desolate hath moe children then the married wife, sayeth the Lord.

Darby Translation

Exult, thou barren, that didst not bear; break forth into singing, and shout for joy, thou that didst not travail with child: for more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife, saith Jehovah.

Young's Literal Translation

Sing, O barren, she hath not borne! Break forth with singing, and cry aloud, She hath not brought forth! For more [are] the sons of the desolate, Than the sons of the married one, said Jehovah.

Bible in Basic English

Let your voice be loud in song, O woman without children; make melody and sounds of joy, you who did not give birth: for the children of her who had no husband are more than those of the married wife, says the Lord.

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Cross references

“O barren”

Galatians 4:27 Isaiah 62:4 Song of Solomon 8:8

Galatians 4:27 · BSB

For it is written: “Rejoice, O barren woman, who bears no children; break forth and cry aloud, you who have never travailed; because more are the children of the desolate woman than of her who has a husband.”

Isaiah 62:4 · BSB

No longer will you be called Forsaken, nor your land named Desolate; but you will be called Hephzibah, and your land Beulah; for the LORD will take delight in you, and your land will be His bride.

Song of Solomon 8:8 · BSB

We have a little sister, and her breasts are not yet grown. What shall we do for our sister on the day she is spoken for?

“break”

Zechariah 9:9 Isaiah 49:13 Zephaniah 3:14 Psalm 98:3–9 Psalm 67:3–5 Isaiah 44:23

Zechariah 9:9 · BSB

Rejoice greatly, O Daughter of Zion! Shout in triumph, O Daughter of Jerusalem! See, your King comes to you, righteous and victorious, humble and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.

Isaiah 49:13 · BSB

Shout for joy, O heavens; rejoice, O earth; break forth in song, O mountains! For the LORD has comforted His people, and He will have compassion on His afflicted ones.

Zephaniah 3:14 · BSB

Sing for joy, O Daughter of Zion; shout aloud, O Israel! Be glad and rejoice with all your heart, O Daughter of Jerusalem!

Psalm 98:3–9 · BSB

He has remembered His love and faithfulness to the house of Israel; all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.

Psalm 67:3–5 · BSB

Let the peoples praise You, O God; let all the peoples praise You.

Isaiah 44:23 · BSB

Sing for joy, O heavens, for the LORD has done this; shout aloud, O depths of the earth. Break forth in song, O mountains, you forests and all your trees. For the LORD has redeemed Jacob, and revealed His glory in Israel…

“for more”

1 Samuel 2:5 Psalm 113:9 Hebrews 11:11 Hebrews 11:12

1 Samuel 2:5 · BSB

The well-fed hire themselves out for food, but the starving hunger no more. The barren woman gives birth to seven, but she who has many sons pines away.

Psalm 113:9 · BSB

He settles the barren woman in her home as a joyful mother to her children. Hallelujah!

Hebrews 11:11 · BSB

By faith Sarah, even though she was barren and beyond the proper age, was enabled to conceive a child, because she considered Him faithful who had promised.

Hebrews 11:12 · BSB

And so from one man, and he as good as dead, came descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as countless as the sand on the seashore.

Also

Isaiah 49:20

Isaiah 49:20 · BSB

Yet the children of your bereavement will say in your hearing, ‘This place is too small for us; make room for us to live here.’

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

2“Enlarge the site of your tent, stretch out the curtains of your dwellings, do not hold back. Lengthen your ropes and drive your stakes in deep.

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