Luke 23:29
For lo! days are coming, in which they will say—Happy the barren! even the wombs that never bare, and the breasts that never gave suck.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
30Then, will they begin to say—unto the mountains, Fall upon us! and unto the hills, Cover us!
Cross References
Hosea 9:12Yea, though they rear their children, yet will I make them childless, till there be no human being,—for it is, nothing less than woe, to them when I depart from them!
Matthew 24:19But alas! for the women with child, and for them that are giving suck, in those days;
Luke 21:23Alas! for the women with child, and for them who are giving suck, in those days; for there will be great distress upon the land, and anger against 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 →