Luk 1:25 | Clarke | e4.org | Verse 25. To take away my reproach ] As fruitfulness was a part of the promise of God to his people, , and children , on this account, being considered as a particular blessing from heaven, ; : ; so barrenness was considered among the Jews as a reproach, and a token of the disapprobation of the Lord. . But see .

‏ Luke 1:25

Verse 25. To take away my reproach] As fruitfulness was a part of the promise of God to his people, Ge 17:6, and children, on this account, being considered as a particular blessing from heaven, Ex 23:20; Le 26:9: Ps 127:3; so barrenness was considered among the Jews as a reproach, and a token of the disapprobation of the Lord. 1Sa 1:6. But see Lu 1:36.