Intellect that is devoid of emotional conviction leads to cynicism and hedonism. Amalek's two great proteges. We have a genuine claim to the Land of Israel. And yet all our valid arguments sound like rhetoric and propaganda. And every day Jewish blood is spilled.
Jewish blood is still cheap.
At that point it was evident that they weren't barren at all, rather that Hashem had wanted their prayers and had therefore withheld children from them. For it could well be that her infertility is only a sign that Hashem desires her prayers. She herself has cause to sing, because her infertility is a sign that she is a very elevated and righteous soul. How fortunate is she who gave birth to him. When she was expecting, she visited all the houses of prayer and study in her city, imploring the rabbis to pray that the child to be born would become a scholar.