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Gal 4:27. Γέγραπται, it is written) Isa 54:1-εὐφράνθητι, rejoice) with singing.-στεῖρα, barren) Sion, Jerusalem above.-ῥῆξον, break forth) into crying.-καὶ βόησον, and shout) for joy.-τῆς ἐρήμου, of the desolate) i.e. The New Testament Church, collected for the most part from the Gentiles, who had not [answering to τῆς ἐρήμου, the desolate] the promise; and as this New Testament Church was made up of those who heretofore were seen to have had no such aims, it is called “not bearing,” “not travailing,”-τῆς ἐχούσης, than she who hath) the Jewish Church.