Luke 23:29
For behold, the dayes wil come, when men shall say, Blessed are the barren, and the wombes that neuer bare, and the pappes which neuer gaue sucke.
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In Context
30Then shall they begin to say to the mountaines, Fall on vs: and to the hilles, Couer vs.
Cross References
Hosea 9:12Though they bring vp their children, yet I will depriue them from being men: yea, woe to them, when I depart from them.
Matthew 24:19And woe shalbe to them that are with childe, and to them that giue sucke in those dayes.
Luke 21:23But woe be to them that be with childe, and to them that giue sucke in those dayes: for there shalbe great distresse in this land, and wrath ouer 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 →