Davar Kingdom Of God

"Sing, O barren woman, you who never bore a child; burst into song, shout for joy, you who were never in labor; because more are the children of the desolate woman than of her who has a husband," says the Lord (Isa 54:1). These words, which sound paradoxical, were not simply spoken to comfort barren women. For the historical background of this oracle, we need to go back to the time of Jeremiah and that of Ezra-Nehemiah—the destruction of Jerusalem and the captivity, and the restoration of the city and the people. The Bible contains many stories of barren women: for instance, Sarah the wife of Abraham (Gen 11:30ff), Rebekah the wife of Isaac (Gen 25:21), Rachel the wife of Jacob (Gen 30), the wife of Manoah, the mother of Samson (Judg 13), Hannah the mother of Samuel (1 Sam 1), and Elizabeth the mother of John the Baptist (Luke 1). God used these women, and called their children before they were born. The above scripture prophesied about the redemption and the restoration of Israel whom Yahweh once divorc