But about midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them.
Acts 16:25 · WEBRead the whole chapter →
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In parallel withHabakkuk 3:17-18
Rejoicing though the fig tree doesn't flourish: midnight hymns in chains are Habakkuk's empty stalls made flesh.
“For though the fig tree doesn’t flourish, nor fruit be in the vines; the labor of the olive fails, the fields yield no food; the flocks are cut off from the fold, and there is no herd in the stalls: yet I will rejoice in Yahweh. I will be joyful in the God of my salvation!”
In parallel withJames 5:13
James' rule kept in the hardest place: is any cheerful? Let him sing praises. Paul and Silas sang in a prison.
“Is any among you suffering? Let him pray. Is any cheerful? Let him sing praises.”