Isaiah 66:7

God's Word

Before a woman goes into labor, she gives birth. Before she has labor pains, she delivers a child.

Cross References

Isaiah 37:3

They said to him, “This is what Hezekiah says: Today is a day filled with misery, punishment, and disgrace. We are like a woman who is about to give birth but doesn’t have the strength to do it.

Isaiah 54:1

Sing with joy, you childless women who never gave birth to children. Break into shouts of joy, you women who never had birth pains. “There will be more children of women who have been deserted than there are children of married women,” says the Lord.

John 16:21

A woman has pain when her time to give birth comes. But after the child is born, she doesn’t remember the pain anymore because she’s happy that a child has been brought into the world.

Galatians 4:26

But the Jerusalem that is above is free, and she is our mother.