1. Galatians 4:27 (ESV)
  2. Exposition

From which Scripture passage does Paul quote in Galatians 4:27?

Galatians 4:27 (ESV)

27 For it is written, “Rejoice, O barren one who does not bear; break forth and cry aloud, you who are not in labor! For the children of the desolate one will be more than those of the one who has a husband.”

Paul quotes from Isaiah 54:1. In doing so he links Sarah’s barrenness with that of Israel (Jerusalem).1