Luke 23:29
For behold, the days will arrive in which they will say, ‘Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that have not borne, and the breasts that have not nursed.’
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In Context
30Then they will begin to say to the mountains, ‘Fall over us,’ and to the hills, ‘Cover us.’
Cross References
Hosea 9:12And even if they should nurture their sons, I will make them without children among men. Yes, and woe to them, when I have withdrawn from them.
Matthew 24:19So then, woe to those who are pregnant or nursing in those days.
Luke 21:23Then woe to those who are pregnant or nursing in those days. For there will be great distress upon the land and great wrath upon this people.
Matthew Henry on Luke 23:27-32
The Crucifixion. 26 And as they led him away, they laid hold upon one Simon, a Cyrenian, coming out of the country, and on him they laid the cross, that he might bear it after Jesus. 27 And there followed him a great company of people, and of women, which also bewailed and lamented him. 28 But Jesus turning unto them said, Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me, but weep for yourselves, and for your children. 29 For, behold, the days are coming, in the which they shall say, Blessed are the barren, and the wombs… Read the whole commentary →