Deuteronomy 28:38

³⁸ Thou shalt carry out much seed into the field, and shalt gather in but a··little; for the locust shall consume it.

Thanks to the Kempton Project for the permission to use this New Church translation of the Word.

Sorrow

The woman condemned to 'bring forth sons in sorrow' denotes the anxieties and combats in the production of truths.

¹⁷ To Adam he said, "Because you have listened to your wife's voice, and have eaten of the tree, of which I commanded you, saying, 'You shall not eat of it,' cursed is the ground for your sake. In toil you will eat of it all the days of your life.