Against All Odds

“Sing, O barren one, you who did not bear;

break forth into singing and cry aloud,

you who did not travail with child!

For the [spiritual] children of the desolate one

will be more than the children of the married wife,

says the Lord.
Enlarge the place of your tent,

and let the curtains of your habitations

be stretched out; spare not;
lengthen your cords and strengthen your stakes,

for you will spread abroad to the right hand and to the left;

and your offspring will possess the nations

and make the desol...