Luke 23:29
For behold, the days shall come, wherein they will say: Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that have not borne, and the paps that have not given suck.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
30Then shall they begin to say to the mountains: Fall upon us; and to the hills: Cover us.
Cross References
Hosea 9:12And though they should bring up their children, I will make them without children among men: yea, and woe to them, when I shall depart from them.
Matthew 24:19And woe to them that are with child, and that give suck in those days.
Luke 21:23But woe to them that are with child, and give suck in those days; for there shall be great distress in the land, and 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 →