They said to him, “Thus says Hezekiah: This day is a day of distress, of rebuke, and of disgrace; children have come to the birth, and there is no strength to bring them forth.
Isaiah 66:7 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 Before she was in labor she gave birth; before her pain came upon her she delivered a son. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Before she travailed, she brought forth; before her pain came, she was delivered of a man child. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Before [Zion] travailed, she gave birth; before her pain came upon her, she was delivered of a male child. American Standard Version (1901) Before she travailed, she brought forth; before her pain came, she was delivered of a man-child. Common English Bible Before she was in labor, she gave birth. Before her pangs came upon her, she delivered a boy. Catholic Public Domain Version Before she was in labor, she gave birth. Before her time arrived for delivery, she gave birth to a male child. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Before she was in labour, she brought forth; before her time came to be delivered she brought forth a man child. |
They said to him, “Thus says Hezekiah: This day is a day of distress, of rebuke, and of disgrace; children have come to the birth, and there is no strength to bring them forth.
Shout for joy, O barren one who has borne no children; burst into song and shout, you who have not been in labor! For the children of the desolate woman will be more than the children of the one who is married, says the Lord.
When a woman is in labor, she has pain because her hour has come. But when her child is born, she no longer remembers the anguish because of the joy of having brought a human being into the world.
But the other woman corresponds to the Jerusalem above; she is free, and she is our mother.