For it is written,"REJOICE,BARREN WOMANWHO DOES NOT BEAR;BREAK FORTHAND SHOUT,YOU WHO ARE NOT IN LABOR;FOR MORE NUMEROUSARE THE CHILDRENOF THE DESOLATETHANOF THE ONE WHO HASA HUSBAND."
Then Absalomher brothersaidto her, "Has Amnonyour brotherbeenwith you? But nowkeepsilent,my sister,he is your brother;do not takethismatterto heart."So Tamarremainedand was desolatein her brotherAbsalom'shouse.
He makes the barrenwomanabidein the house[As] a joyfulmotherof children.Praisethe LORD!
"Then you will sayin your heart,'Whohas begottenthesefor me, Since I have beenbereavedof my childrenAnd am barren,an exileand a wanderer?And whohas rearedthese?Behold,I was leftalone;From wheredid thesecome?'"
My children,with whomI amagainin laboruntilChristis formedin you--
Nowshe who is a widowindeedand who has been left alone,has fixed her hopeon Godand continuesin entreatiesand prayersnightand day.
"Those who were fullhirethemselves out for bread,But those who were hungrycease[to hunger]. Eventhe barrengivesbirthto seven,But she who has manychildrenlanguishes.
