Galatians 4:25-27

Modern English Version

²⁵Now this Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia, and represents the present Jerusalem, and is in bondage with her children. ²⁶But the Jerusalem which is above is free, which is our mother. ²⁷For it is written:

“Rejoice, barren woman
    who does not bear;
break forth and shout,
    you who have no labor pains!
For the desolate has many more children
    than she who has a husband.”^[a]

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Footnotes

Galatians 4:27 Isa 54:1.

Galatians 4:25-27

New International Version

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