25 (For Hagar or Sinai is a mountain in Arabia, and it [a]answered to Jerusalem which now is) and [b]she is in bondage with her children.

26 But Jerusalem, which is [c]above, is free: which is the mother of us all.

27 [d]For it is written, (A)Rejoice thou barren that bearest no children: break forth, and cry, thou that travailest not: for the [e]desolate hath many more children, than she which hath an husband.

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  1. Galatians 4:25 Look how the case standeth betwixt Hagar and her children, even so standeth it between Jerusalem and hers.
  2. Galatians 4:25 That is, Sinai.
  3. Galatians 4:26 Which is excellent, and of great account.
  4. Galatians 4:27 He showeth that in this allegory, he hath followed the steps of Isaiah, who foretold that the Church should be made and consist of the children of barren Sarah, that is to say, of them which only spiritually should be made Ahraham’s children by faith, rather than of fruitful Hagar, even then foreshowing the casting off of the Jews, and calling of the Gentiles.
  5. Galatians 4:27 She that is destroyed and wasted.

25 Now Hagar stands for Mount Sinai in Arabia and corresponds to the present city of Jerusalem, because she is in slavery with her children. 26 But the Jerusalem that is above(A) is free, and she is our mother. 27 For it is written:

“Be glad, barren woman,
    you who never bore a child;
shout for joy and cry aloud,
    you who were never in labor;
because more are the children of the desolate woman
    than of her who has a husband.”[a](B)

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  1. Galatians 4:27 Isaiah 54:1