Isaiah 66:9

New International Reader's Version

Zion, would I bring you to the moment of birth and not let it happen?” says the Lord. “Would I close up a mother’s body when it is time for her baby to be born?” says your God.

Cross References

Genesis 18:14

Is anything too hard for me? I will return to you at the appointed time next year. Sarah will have a son.”

Isaiah 37:3

They told Isaiah, “Hezekiah says, ‘Today we’re in great trouble. The Lord is warning us. He’s bringing shame on us. Sometimes babies come to the moment when they should be born. But their mothers aren’t strong enough to give birth to them. Today we are like those mothers. We aren’t strong enough to save ourselves.

Hosea 13:13

They will suffer pain like a woman having a baby. They are like foolish children. It is time for them to be born. But they don’t have the sense to come out of their mother’s body.