Give praise, O thou barren, that bearest not: sing forth praise, and make a joyful noise, thou that didst not travail with child: for many are the children of the desolate, more than of her that hath a husband, saith the Lord.
Ibn Ezra
O barren, thou that didst not bear. The congregation of Israel is called barren and a woman that did not bear—the latter attribute being the explanation of the former—because of its small number. צהלי ,פצחי. I have already explained these two words. לא חלה That didst not travail with child. Comp. חיל trembling (Ex. 15:14); repeat עקרה O barren before מבני בעולה .חלה לא Than the children of the married wife, that is, than the children of Babylon, according to the opinion of R. Moses Hakkohen, but I think, that every nation that has a husband (בעל), that is, every nation that has its own king, is meant here by בעולה the married wife.
Hebrew and Aramaic words are the commentator’s citations of the sacred text; the English translation that follows each is the translator’s.
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