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Isaiah 54:1

““Shout for joy, barren one, who did not give birth; break forth into joyful shouting and cry aloud, you who did not have birth pains; for more are the children of the desolate one than the children of the married one,” says YHWH.”

Isaiah 54:1 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Quotation · Galatians 4:27

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Paul quotes the whole of Isaiah 54:1.

Formula: γέγραπται “it is written” (Galatians 4:27)

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Greek of the New Testament: γέγραπται γάρ Εὐφράνθητι στεῖρα ἡ οὐ τίκτουσα ῥῆξον καὶ βόησον ἡ οὐκ ὠδίνουσα ὅτι πολλὰ τὰ τέκνα τῆς ἐρήμου μᾶλλον ἢ τῆς ἐχούσης τὸν ἄνδρα

Hebrew (Masoretic text): רָנִּי עֲקָרָה לֹא יָלָדָה פִּצְחִי רִנָּה וְצַהֲלִי לֹא חָלָה כִּי רַבִּים בְּנֵי שׁוֹמֵמָה מִבְּנֵי בְעוּלָה אָמַר יְהוָה

Septuagint (Isaiah 54:1 in the Septuagint numbering): Εὐφράθητι, στεῖρα ἡ οὐ τίκτουσα, ῥῆξον καὶ βόησον, ἡ οὐκ ὠδίνουσα, ὅτι πολλὰ τὰ τέκνα τῆς ἐρήμου μᾶλλον ἢ τῆς ἐχούσης τὸν ἄνδρα· εἶπεν γὰρ Κύριος.

The Greek of the NT matches the Septuagint word for word in 22 consecutive words: “στεῖρα ἡ οὐ τίκτουσα ῥῆξον καὶ βόησον ἡ οὐκ ὠδίνουσα ὅτι πολλὰ τὰ τέκνα τῆς ἐρήμου μᾶλλον ἢ τῆς ἐχούσης τὸν ἄνδρα.”

Septuagint, Swete’s text, First1KGreek transcription (with reading errors), CC BY-SA 4.0

Isaiah 54:1, word by word

“Shout for joyרָנִּיrani

shout for joy

To raise a glad cry.

Where else “rani” appears
barren oneעֲקָרָהakara

barren

Barren: unable to have children.

Where else “akara” appears
give birthיָלָדָהyalada

bear

To bring a child into the world, giving birth after pregnancy.

Where else “yalada” appears
break forthפִּצְחִיpitschi

break forth

To shout suddenly with all one's strength, for joy.

Where else “pitschi” appears
into joyful shoutingרִנָּהrina

joyful shout

Glad cries or songs.

Where else “rina” appears
and cry aloudצַהֲלִיtsahali

shout for joy

To raise the voice for joy.

Where else “tsahali” appears
have birth painsחָלָהchala

give birth

To bring a child into the world, or come into the world.

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moreרַבִּיםrabim

many

A great number of people or things.

Where else “rabim” appears
are the childrenבְּנֵיbene

son

The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.

Where else “bene” appears
of the desolate oneשׁוֹמֵמָהshomema

be desolate

To be left empty and ruined, or make it so.

Where else “shomema” appears
of the married oneבְעוּלָהveula

marry

To take a wife, be her spouse.

Where else “veula” appears
saysאָמַרamar

say

To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.

Where else “amar” appears
YHWHיְהוָהyehva

YHWH

The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.

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Translation note

Paul quotes this verse in Galatians 4:27.

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Quotation · Galatians 4:27

Paul quotes the whole of Isaiah 54:1.

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Isaiah 54:1

1“Shout for joy, barren one, who did not give birth; break forth into joyful shouting and cry aloud, you who did not have birth pains; for more are the children of the desolate one than the children of the married one,” says YHWH.

Galatians 4:27

27For it is written: Rejoice, barren one who does not bear; break forth and shout, you who are not in labor; because many are the children of the desolate one, more than of her who has a husband.

The context

1 · This verse (above)

2“Enlarge the place of your tent, and the curtains of your dwellings let them stretch out; do not hold back; lengthen your cords, and your stakes strengthen.

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