The Barren Woman's Song

Isaiah didn't just offer passive comfort to a broken nation—he hijacked the oldest stories in the Book of Genesis to force them to survive. What do you do when there is no reason to sing? Isaiah answers with a startling command: Rani akarah lo yaladah—"Sing, O barren woman who has not given birth." Sing before the child is born. Sing before the promise is fulfilled. Sing while the future still…