Isaiah 66:9

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

Shall I bring to the birth and not cause to bring forth? says the Lord; shall I, who cause to bring forth, shut the womb? says your God.

Cross References

Genesis 18:14

Is anything too hard for the Lord? At the appointed time I will return to you, in the spring, and Sarah shall have a son.”

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.

Hosea 13:13

The pangs of childbirth come for him, but he is an unwise son; for now he does not present himself at the mouth of the womb.