Luke 23:29
For lo! the days are coming, in which they will say, Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bore, and the breasts that never gave nourishment.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
30Then will they begin to say to the mountains, Fall on us; and to the hills, Cover us.
Cross References
Hosea 9:12Yea, if they bring up children, I will utterly bereave them; Yea, woe to them when I depart from them!
Matthew 24:19And woe to the women with child, and to those with children at the breast, in those days!
Luke 21:23But woe to the women with child, and to those having children at the breast, in those days! For there will 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 →