Isaiah 66:7

New Century Version

“A woman does not give birth before she feels the pain; she does not give birth to a son before the pain starts.

Cross References

Isaiah 37:3

They told Isaiah, “This is what Hezekiah says: Today is a day of sorrow and punishment and disgrace, as when a child should be born, but the mother is not strong enough to give birth to it.

Isaiah 54:1

The Lord says, “Sing, Jerusalem. You are like a woman who never gave birth to children. Start singing and shout for joy. You never felt the pain of giving birth, but you will have more children than the woman who has a husband.

John 16:21

When a woman gives birth to a baby, she has pain, because her time has come. But when her baby is born, she forgets the pain, because she is so happy that a child has been born into the world.

Galatians 4:26

But the heavenly Jerusalem, which is above, is like the free woman. She is our mother.