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26 But the Yerushalayim above is free, and she is our mother; 27 for the Tanakh says,

“Rejoice, you barren woman who does not bear children!
Break forth and shout, you who are not in labor!
For the deserted wife will have more children
than the one whose husband is with her!”[a]

28 You, brothers, like Yitz’chak, are children referred to in a promise of God.

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  1. Galatians 4:27 Isaiah 54:1

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)

28 Now you, brothers and sisters, like Isaac, are children of promise.(C)

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  1. Galatians 4:27 Isaiah 54:1