Isaiah 66:7

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.

Cross References

Isaiah 37:3

And they said to him: "Thus says Hezekiah: This day is a day of tribulation, and of rebuke, and of blasphemy. For the sons have arrived at the time for birth, but there is not enough strength to bring them forth.

Isaiah 54:1

Give praise, you who are barren and unable to conceive. Sing praise and make a joyful noise, you who have not given birth. For many are the children of the desolate, more so than of her who has a husband, says the Lord.

John 16:21

A woman, when she is giving birth, has sorrow, because her hour has arrived. But when she has given birth to the child, then she no longer remembers the difficulties, because of the joy: for a man has been born into the world.

Galatians 4:26

But that Jerusalem which is above is free; the same is our mother.