Luke 23:29

for behold, days come in which they will say, Blessed the barren, and wombs that did not bear, and breasts that did not give suck;

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In The King James Version

For, behold, the days are coming, in the which they shall say, Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the paps which never gave suck.

In Context

28and Jesus having turned to them, said, “Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for Me, but weep for yourselves and for your children;

30then they will begin to say to the mountains, Fall on us, and to the hills, Cover us;

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Cross References

Hosea 9:12For though they nourish their sons, I have made them childless—without man, || Surely also, woe to them when I turn aside from them.

Matthew 24:19And woe to those with child, and to those giving suck in those days;

Luke 21:23And woe to those with child, and to those giving suck, in those days; for there will be great distress on the land, and wrath on 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 →

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