Luke 23:27-30
27 And there followed Him a great company of people, and of women, which also bewailed and lamented Him.
28 But Jesus turning unto them said, "Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for Me, but weep for yourselves, and for your children.
29 For, behold, the days are coming, in the which they shall say, 'Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the paps which never gave suck.'
30 Then shall they begin to say to the mountains, 'Fall on us'; and to the hills, 'Cover us.'
KJV
Our Lord Jesus was carrying His cross on the way to be crucified, and those women on the sidelines mourned for Him. Jesus then told them not to weep for Him, but for themselves, and their children. Then He quoted a passage from the Book of Isaiah about, "Blessed are the barren".
Isa 54:1-3
54:1 Sing, O barren, thou that didst not bear; break forth into singing, and cry aloud, thou that didst not travail with child: for more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife, saith the LORD.
2 Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of thine habitations: spare not, lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes;
3 For thou shalt break forth on the right hand and on the left; and thy seed shall inherit the Gentiles, and make the desolate cities to be inhabited.
KJV
Our Lord Jesus quoted a parable given back in the Book of Isaiah about the idea of a woman who's womb is barren is blessed, while the married wife with children is not.
A woman bearing children in this world is a gift and a blessing from God. So when reading that you should be asking how is it the barren woman is said to be blessed instead. It's because this is a parable involving who one worships.
The idea of 'not' travailing with child, the womb being barren without child, here, is about one who remains a spiritual virgin.
Isa 54:5
5 For thy Maker is thine husband; the LORD of hosts is His name; and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole earth shall He be called.
KJV
That verse reveals how God is giving a parable here about those who remain faithful waiting on Him, staying a spiritual virgin. Apostle Paul taught this idea also if you'll recall...
2 Cor 11:2
2 For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ.
KJV
Now look back at the Isaiah 54:1 verse and read it again. The barren woman who did not bear, is to have more children than the married wife. In the spiritual sense of this parable, the married woman with child represents the spiritual harlot who did not remain a chaste virgin waiting to be presented to her Husband (Christ in this 2 Cor.11 example).
You probably won't hear this being preached in many Churches, so there may not be many that have been shown this from God's Word. Yet it is written, showing our Lord does want us to understand the idea. It even gives more weight to what our Lord Jesus was teaching in Matthew 25 about the ten virgins.
Looking back at the Luke 23 Scripture again then...
Luke 23:29 For, behold, the days are coming, in the which they shall say, 'Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the paps which never gave suck.'
30 Then shall they begin to say to the mountains, 'Fall on us'; and to the hills, 'Cover us.'
KJV
The day will come when the daughters of Jerusalem and their children, put for the orthodox unbelieving Jews at Jerusalem, will one day say, "Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the paps which never gave suck." They will say that when they see Jesus coming to Jerusalem with His Church who will be blessed. As Isaiah 54 also applies this parable to Jerusalem, it is Jerusalem and the holy lands in that future time that will have its tents enlarged to include the believing Gentiles.
But the unbelieving daughters and children of Jerusalem who rejected Jesus as The Christ will instead be wanting for the mountains to fall on them, and for the hills to cover them, because of their shame. They will represent the married wife in the Isaiah 54 barren parable, which means falling to false worship instead of waiting for their true Husband.
27 And there followed Him a great company of people, and of women, which also bewailed and lamented Him.
28 But Jesus turning unto them said, "Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for Me, but weep for yourselves, and for your children.
29 For, behold, the days are coming, in the which they shall say, 'Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the paps which never gave suck.'
30 Then shall they begin to say to the mountains, 'Fall on us'; and to the hills, 'Cover us.'
KJV
Our Lord Jesus was carrying His cross on the way to be crucified, and those women on the sidelines mourned for Him. Jesus then told them not to weep for Him, but for themselves, and their children. Then He quoted a passage from the Book of Isaiah about, "Blessed are the barren".
Isa 54:1-3
54:1 Sing, O barren, thou that didst not bear; break forth into singing, and cry aloud, thou that didst not travail with child: for more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife, saith the LORD.
2 Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of thine habitations: spare not, lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes;
3 For thou shalt break forth on the right hand and on the left; and thy seed shall inherit the Gentiles, and make the desolate cities to be inhabited.
KJV
Our Lord Jesus quoted a parable given back in the Book of Isaiah about the idea of a woman who's womb is barren is blessed, while the married wife with children is not.
A woman bearing children in this world is a gift and a blessing from God. So when reading that you should be asking how is it the barren woman is said to be blessed instead. It's because this is a parable involving who one worships.
The idea of 'not' travailing with child, the womb being barren without child, here, is about one who remains a spiritual virgin.
Isa 54:5
5 For thy Maker is thine husband; the LORD of hosts is His name; and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole earth shall He be called.
KJV
That verse reveals how God is giving a parable here about those who remain faithful waiting on Him, staying a spiritual virgin. Apostle Paul taught this idea also if you'll recall...
2 Cor 11:2
2 For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ.
KJV
Now look back at the Isaiah 54:1 verse and read it again. The barren woman who did not bear, is to have more children than the married wife. In the spiritual sense of this parable, the married woman with child represents the spiritual harlot who did not remain a chaste virgin waiting to be presented to her Husband (Christ in this 2 Cor.11 example).
You probably won't hear this being preached in many Churches, so there may not be many that have been shown this from God's Word. Yet it is written, showing our Lord does want us to understand the idea. It even gives more weight to what our Lord Jesus was teaching in Matthew 25 about the ten virgins.
Looking back at the Luke 23 Scripture again then...
Luke 23:29 For, behold, the days are coming, in the which they shall say, 'Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the paps which never gave suck.'
30 Then shall they begin to say to the mountains, 'Fall on us'; and to the hills, 'Cover us.'
KJV
The day will come when the daughters of Jerusalem and their children, put for the orthodox unbelieving Jews at Jerusalem, will one day say, "Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the paps which never gave suck." They will say that when they see Jesus coming to Jerusalem with His Church who will be blessed. As Isaiah 54 also applies this parable to Jerusalem, it is Jerusalem and the holy lands in that future time that will have its tents enlarged to include the believing Gentiles.
But the unbelieving daughters and children of Jerusalem who rejected Jesus as The Christ will instead be wanting for the mountains to fall on them, and for the hills to cover them, because of their shame. They will represent the married wife in the Isaiah 54 barren parable, which means falling to false worship instead of waiting for their true Husband.