1 Samuel 2:5 meaning and explanation
The well-fed hire themselves out for food, but the starving hunger no more. The barren woman gives birth to seven, but she who has many sons pines away.
1 Samuel 2:5, Berean Standard Bible
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Hannah speaks this in her prayer at Shiloh after dedicating Samuel to the LORD, contrasting God's reversal of fortunes. The well-fed must hire themselves out for food while the starving are satisfied; the barren woman bears seven sons while the mother of many wastes away.
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