Shall I break out and not cause to give birth? Surely I cause to give birth, says Jehovah, and I restrain the womb, says your God..
Is anything too difficult for Jehovah? At the appointed time I will return to you, at the time of life, and there will be a son to Sarah.
And they said to him, So says Hezekiah, This day is a day of distress, and reproach, and contempt. For sons have come to the breach and there is no strength to give birth.
The pangs of one giving birth shall come to him; he is not a wise son, for he cannot stand in the time of the breaking forth of sons.