5They that were full have hired out themselves for bread; and they that were hungry ceased: so that the barren hath born seven; and she that hath many children is waxed feeble.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
She that hath borne seven languisheth: she hath given up the ghost; her sun is gone down while it was yet day: she hath been ashamed and confounded: and the residue of them will I deliver to the sword before their enemies, saith the LORD.
He hath filled the hungry with good things; and the rich he hath sent empty away.
He maketh the barren woman to keep house, and to be a joyful mother of children. Praise ye the LORD.
The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the LORD shall not want any good thing.
But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-10)We have here Hannah’s thanksgiving, dictated, not only by the spirit of prayer, but by the spirit of prophecy. Her petition for the mercy she desired we had before (1 Sam. 1:11), and here we have her return of praise; in both out of the abundance of a heart deeply affected (in the former with her own wants, and in the latter with God’s goodness) her mouth spoke . Observe in general, 1. When she ha…
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