Isaiah 66:7

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Interconfessional

Before she was in labor she gave birth; before her pain came upon her she delivered a son.

Cross References

Isaiah 37:3

They said to him, “Thus says Hezekiah, This day is a day of distress, of rebuke, and of disgrace; children have come to the birth, and there is no strength to bring them forth.

Isaiah 54:1

Sing, O barren one who did not bear; burst into song and shout, you who have not been in labor! For the children of the desolate woman will be more than the children of her that is married, says the Lord.

John 16:21

When a woman is in labor, she has pain, because her hour has come. But when her child is born, she no longer remembers the anguish because of the joy of having brought a human being into the world.

Galatians 4:26

But the other woman corresponds to the Jerusalem above; she is free, and she is our mother.