6  ^sGod settles the solitary in a home;

he ^tleads out the prisoners to prosperity,

but the rebellious dwell in a parched land.

5  Those who were ⁿfull have hired themselves out for bread,

but those who were hungry have ceased to hunger.

The barren has borne seven,

but she who has many children is forlorn.

1  ⁿ“Sing, O barren one, who did not bear;

break forth into singing and cry aloud,

you who have not been in labor!

For the children of the ^odesolate one will be more

than the children of her who is married,” says the Lord.