Habakkuk's Fig, Vine, and Olive Foretell Sarah's Son

[And the LORD remembered Sarah (Genesis 21:1).] This is what Scripture says: "Though the fig tree shall not blossom" (Habakkuk 3:17). Who is this? This is Abraham, as it is said, "Like the first fruit on the fig tree in its first season, I saw your fathers" (Hosea 9:10). "And there is no yield on the vines" (Habakkuk, there) — this vine is Sarah, as it is said, "Your wife is like a fruitful vine" (Psalms 128:3). "The work of the olive has failed" (Habakkuk, there) — were the words deceptive which the ministering angels announced as good tidings to Sarah, "I will surely return to you" (Genesis 18:10)? "The work of the olive": just as this olive gives light to the world, so the angels gave light with their words. "And the fields produce no food" (Habakkuk, there) — those breasts give suck to no one. "He has cut off a flock from the fold" (Habakkuk 3:17) — will you not raise up from her the assembly of Israel, which is called a flock, as it is said, "And you, My flock" (Ezekiel 34:17)?