Isaiah 66:7

Bible in Basic English 1965

Before her pains came, she gave birth; before her pains, she gave birth to a man-child.

Cross References

Isaiah 37:3

And they said to him, Hezekiah says, This day is a day of trouble and punishment and shame: for the children are ready to come to birth, but there is no strength to give birth to them.

Isaiah 54:1

Let your voice be loud in song, O woman without children; make melody and sounds of joy, you who did not give birth: for the children of her who had no husband are more than those of the married wife, says the Lord.

John 16:21

When a woman is about to give birth she has sorrow, because her hour is come; but when she has given birth to the child, the pain is put out of her mind by the joy that a man has come into the world.

Galatians 4:26

But the Jerusalem on high is free, which is our mother.