Isaiah 3:26 shows Zion desolate and mourning in judgment – the stark opposite of her later wonder at many children.

Isaiah 51:17-20 depicts children languishing in famine – the prior devastation reversed when Zion sees them restored.

Isaiah 54:3-8 expands the promise: the barren woman's tent is enlarged, directly describing the multiplication of her children.

Isaiah 62:4 echoes this reversal from desolation to new identity — the land no longer 'Forsaken' but 'Married', mirroring the birth of children.

Isaiah 51:18 describes Zion having no children to guide her — the opposite situation of the many children marveled at here.

Jeremiah 31:15-17 echoes the same reversal: Rachel's weeping turns to hope as children return, paralleling the astonishment at restored children here.

Lamentations 1:1-3 depicts Jerusalem's lonely desolation after exile — the 'bereaved and barren' condition that this verse sees reversed.

Galatians 4:26-29 uses the barren-mother metaphor for the Jerusalem above, giving birth to all believers – the ultimate fulfillment of Zion's children.

Genesis 21:7 asks 'Who would have said?' — the same rhetorical wonder as 'Who has borne me these?' at unexpected children from barrenness.

Ezekiel 37:26 promises God will multiply them and set his sanctuary — a parallel restoration promise to the surprising multiplication here.

Galatians 4:27 quotes Isaiah 54:1 about the barren woman's many children — the same reversal theme as here, applied to the new covenant.

In Ruth 1:5, Naomi is left alone after losing sons and husband — a parallel desolation like the speaker's here, though without reversal.

Micah 4:7 says the lame and cast off will become a strong nation — a parallel restoration for the desolate like Zion's barrenness reversed.