1Sa 2:5, Psa 107:10, 41, 113:9, Gal 4:27 | ESV | STEP | Those who were full have hired themselves out for bread , but those who were hungry have ceased to hunger. The barren has borne seven , but she who has many children is forlorn .

i[See ver. 1 above]

1 Samuel 2:5

5 Those who were full have hired themselves out for bread,
but those who were hungry have ceased to hunger.
^aThe barren has borne seven,
^bbut she who has many children is forlorn.

Psalms 107:10

10 ^cSome sat in darkness and in ^dthe shadow of death,
prisoners in ^eaffliction and in irons,

Psalms 107:41

41 but ^fhe raises up the needy out of affliction
and ^gmakes their families like flocks.

Psalms 113:9

9 He ^hgives the barren woman a home,
making her the joyous mother of children.
ⁱPraise the Lord!

Galatians 4:27

27 For it is written,

^j“Rejoice, O barren one who does not bear;
break forth and cry aloud, you who are not in labor!
For the children of the desolate one will be more
than those of the one who has a husband.”