Isaiah 66:7-13 - Zion's Delivery

⁷ "Before she goes into labor she gives birth; before her pains come upon her she has delivered a son. ⁸ Who has ever heard of such a thing? And who ever sees such things? Can a country be born in a single day, or can a nation be brought forth in a single moment? Yet no sooner was Zion in labor than she delivered her children. ⁹ Am I to open the womb and not deliver?" asks the LORD. "And when I bring to delivery, am I to close the womb?" asks your God. ¹⁰ "Rejoice with Jerusalem, and be happy for her, all you who love her; rejoice with her in gladness, all you who mourn over her, ¹¹ so that you may nurse and be satisfied at her consoling breasts, and so that you may drink deeply and take delight from her glorious bosom."

¹² This is what the LORD says: "See, I will extend prosperity to her like a river, and the wealth of nations like a flooding stream; and you will nurse, and you will be carried on her hip, and bounced upon her knees. ¹³ Like a child whom his mother comforts, so I will comfort you; and you will be comforted in Jerusalem.