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before the pains come upon her, she delivers a son.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/isaiah/66.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />“Before the birth pains even begin, Jerusalem gives birth to a son.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/isaiah/66.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />“Before she was in labor she gave birth; before her pain came upon her she delivered a son.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/isaiah/66.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />“Before she was in labor, she gave birth; before she was in pain, she delivered a boy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/isaiah/66.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Before she travailed, she brought forth; before her pain came, she was delivered of a man child.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/isaiah/66.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />“Before she was in labor, she gave birth; Before her pain came, She delivered a male child.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/isaiah/66.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“Before she was in labor, she delivered; Before her pain came, she gave birth to a boy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/isaiah/66.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220Before she travailed, she brought forth; Before her pain came, she gave birth to a boy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/isaiah/66.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“Before she travailed, she brought forth; Before her pain came, she gave birth to a boy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/isaiah/66.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />“Before she was in labor pains, she gave birth; Before her pangs came, she delivered a male <i>child</i>.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/isaiah/66.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“Before she (Zion) was in labor, she gave birth; Before her labor pain came, she gave birth to a boy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/isaiah/66.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Before Zion was in labor, she gave birth; before she was in pain, she delivered a boy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/isaiah/66.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Before Zion was in labor, she gave birth; before she was in pain, she delivered a boy. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/isaiah/66.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Before she travailed, she brought forth; before her pain came, she was delivered of a man-child.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/isaiah/66.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Have you ever heard of a woman who gave birth to a child before having labor pains? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/isaiah/66.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Before she travailed, she brought forth; before her pain came, she was delivered of a man child.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/isaiah/66.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Before a woman goes into labor, she gives birth. Before she has labor pains, she delivers a child.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/isaiah/66.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />"My holy city is like a woman who suddenly gives birth to a child without ever going into labor. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/isaiah/66.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br /> "Before she goes into labor she gives birth; before her pains come upon her she has delivered a son.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/isaiah/66.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />?Before she was in labor, she gave birth; before she was in pain, she delivered a boy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/isaiah/66.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Before she goes into labor, she gives birth! Before her contractions begin, she delivers a boy! <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/isaiah/66.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />"Before she travailed, she brought forth; before her pain came, she delivered a son.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/isaiah/66.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Before she travailed, she brought forth; before her pain came, she was delivered of a male child.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/isaiah/66.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />“Before she travailed, she gave birth. Before her pain came, she delivered a son. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/isaiah/66.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />“Before she is pained she has brought forth, "" Before a pang comes to her, "" She has delivered a male.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/isaiah/66.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Before she is pained she hath brought forth, Before a pang cometh to her, She hath delivered a male.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/isaiah/66.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Bringing forth before she will travail, before pain will come to her, she was delivered of a male.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/isaiah/66.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Before she was in labour, she brought forth; before her time came to be delivered, she brought forth a man child. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/isaiah/66.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Before she was in labor, she gave birth. Before her time arrived for delivery, she gave birth to a male child.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/isaiah/66.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Before she is in labor, she gives birth; Before her pangs come upon her, she delivers a male child. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/isaiah/66.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Before she was in labor she gave birth; before her pain came upon her she delivered a son.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/isaiah/66.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Before she travailed, she gave birth; before her pain came, she was delivered of a male child.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/isaiah/66.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Before she shall be in labor she gives birth, and before her labor pains will arrive she shall bring forth a male<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/isaiah/66.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Before she travailed, she brought forth; Before her pain came, She was delivered of a man-child.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/isaiah/66.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Before she that travailed brought forth, before the travail-pain came on, she escaped <i>it</i> and brought forth a male.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/isaiah/66-7.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Xv9bHT-nr9s?start=14584" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/isaiah/66.htm">Rejoice with Jerusalem</a></span><br> <span class="reftext">7</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/2962.htm" title="2962: bə·ṭe·rem (Prep-b:: Adv) -- From an unused root apparently meaning to interrupt or suspend; properly, non-occurrence; used adverbially, not yet or before.">“Before</a> <a href="/hebrew/2342.htm" title="2342: tā·ḥîl (V-Qal-Imperf-3fs) -- Or chiyl; a primitive root; properly, to twist or whirl, i.e. to dance, to writhe in pain or fear; figuratively, to wait, to pervert.">she was in labor,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3205.htm" title="3205: yā·lā·ḏāh (V-Qal-Perf-3fs) -- A primitive root; to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage.">she gave birth;</a> <a href="/hebrew/2962.htm" title="2962: bə·ṭe·rem (Prep-b:: Adv) -- From an unused root apparently meaning to interrupt or suspend; properly, non-occurrence; used adverbially, not yet or before.">before</a> <a href="/hebrew/935.htm" title="935: yā·ḇō·w (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- To come in, come, go in, go. A primitive root; to go or come."></a> <a href="/hebrew/2256.htm" title="2256: ḥê·ḇel (N-ms) -- A rope, a measuring line, a district, inheritance, a noose, a company, a throe, ruin.">she was in pain,</a> <a href="/hebrew/lāh (Prep:: 3fs) -- "></a> <a href="/hebrew/4422.htm" title="4422: wə·him·lî·ṭāh (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConjPerf-3fs) -- A primitive root; properly, to be smooth, i.e. to escape; causatively, to release or rescue; specifically, to bring forth young, emit sparks.">she delivered</a> <a href="/hebrew/2145.htm" title="2145: zā·ḵār (N-ms) -- Male. From zakar; properly, remembered, i.e. A male.">a boy.</a> </span><span class="reftext">8</span>Who has heard of such as this? Who has seen such things? Can a country be born in a day or a nation be delivered in an instant? Yet as soon as Zion was in labor, she gave birth to her children.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/12-2.htm">Revelation 12:2</a></span><br />She was pregnant and crying out in the pain and agony of giving birth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/micah/5-3.htm">Micah 5:3</a></span><br />Therefore Israel will be abandoned until she who is in labor has given birth; then the rest of His brothers will return to the children of Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/54-1.htm">Isaiah 54:1</a></span><br />“Shout for joy, O barren woman, who bears no children; break forth in song and cry aloud, you who have never travailed; because more are the children of the desolate woman than of her who has a husband,” says the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/galatians/4-26.htm">Galatians 4:26-27</a></span><br />But the Jerusalem above is free, and she is our mother. / For it is written: “Rejoice, O barren woman, who bears no children; break forth and cry aloud, you who have never travailed; because more are the children of the desolate woman than of her who has a husband.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/24-8.htm">Matthew 24:8</a></span><br />All these are the beginning of birth pains.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/16-21.htm">John 16:21</a></span><br />A woman has pain in childbirth because her time has come; but when she brings forth her child, she forgets her anguish because of her joy that a child has been born into the world.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/13-13.htm">Hosea 13:13</a></span><br />Labor pains come upon him, but he is an unwise son. When the time arrives, he fails to present himself at the opening of the womb.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/30-6.htm">Jeremiah 30:6-7</a></span><br />Ask now, and see: Can a male give birth? Why then do I see every man with his hands on his stomach like a woman in labor and every face turned pale? / How awful that day will be! None will be like it! It is the time of Jacob’s distress, but he will be saved out of it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_thessalonians/5-3.htm">1 Thessalonians 5:3</a></span><br />While people are saying, “Peace and security,” destruction will come upon them suddenly, like labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/8-22.htm">Romans 8:22</a></span><br />We know that the whole creation has been groaning together in the pains of childbirth until the present time.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/48-6.htm">Psalm 48:6</a></span><br />Trembling seized them there, anguish like a woman in labor.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/26-17.htm">Isaiah 26:17-18</a></span><br />As a woman with child about to give birth writhes and cries out in pain, so were we in Your presence, O LORD. / We were with child; we writhed in pain; but we gave birth to wind. We have given no salvation to the earth, nor brought any life into the world.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/micah/4-9.htm">Micah 4:9-10</a></span><br />Why do you now cry aloud? Is there no king among you? Has your counselor perished so that anguish grips you like a woman in labor? / Writhe in agony, O Daughter of Zion, like a woman in labor. For now you will leave the city and camp in the open fields. You will go to Babylon; there you will be rescued; there the LORD will redeem you from the hand of your enemies!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/4-31.htm">Jeremiah 4:31</a></span><br />For I hear a cry like a woman in labor, a cry of anguish like one bearing her first child—the cry of the Daughter of Zion gasping for breath, stretching out her hands to say, “Woe is me, for my soul faints before the murderers!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/13-8.htm">Isaiah 13:8</a></span><br />Terror, pain, and anguish will seize them; they will writhe like a woman in labor. They will look at one another, their faces flushed with fear.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Before she travailed, she brought forth; before her pain came, she was delivered of a man child.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/54-1.htm">Isaiah 54:1</a></b></br> Sing, O barren, thou <i>that</i> didst not bear; break forth into singing, and cry aloud, thou <i>that</i> didst not travail with child: for more <i>are</i> the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife, saith the LORD.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/galatians/4-26.htm">Galatians 4:26</a></b></br> But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/revelation/12-1.htm">Revelation 12:1-5</a></b></br> And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars: … </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/isaiah/59-5.htm">Birth</a> <a href="/isaiah/11-6.htm">Boy</a> <a href="/isaiah/65-20.htm">Child</a> <a href="/isaiah/64-7.htm">Delivered</a> <a href="/isaiah/42-22.htm">Delivers</a> <a href="/isaiah/65-23.htm">Forth</a> <a href="/isaiah/63-16.htm">Gives</a> <a href="/isaiah/62-1.htm">Goes</a> <a href="/isaiah/65-23.htm">Labor</a> <a href="/isaiah/14-2.htm">Male</a> <a href="/job/3-3.htm">Man-Child</a> <a href="/isaiah/65-14.htm">Pain</a> <a href="/isaiah/26-17.htm">Pained</a> <a href="/isaiah/53-4.htm">Pains</a> <a href="/isaiah/54-1.htm">Travailed</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/isaiah/66-9.htm">Birth</a> <a href="/jeremiah/20-15.htm">Boy</a> <a href="/isaiah/66-13.htm">Child</a> <a href="/jeremiah/7-10.htm">Delivered</a> <a href="/daniel/6-27.htm">Delivers</a> <a href="/isaiah/66-8.htm">Forth</a> <a href="/isaiah/66-9.htm">Gives</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-13.htm">Goes</a> <a href="/jeremiah/3-24.htm">Labor</a> <a href="/jeremiah/20-15.htm">Male</a> <a href="/jeremiah/20-15.htm">Man-Child</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-19.htm">Pain</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-19.htm">Pained</a> <a href="/jeremiah/22-23.htm">Pains</a> <a href="/isaiah/66-8.htm">Travailed</a><div class="vheading2">Isaiah 66</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/66-1.htm">The glorious God will be served in humble sincerity</a></span><br><span class="reftext">5. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/66-5.htm">He comforts the humble by showing the confusion of their enemies</a></span><br><span class="reftext">7. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/66-7.htm">With the marvelous growth</a></span><br><span class="reftext">10. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/66-10.htm">And the gracious benefits of the church</a></span><br><span class="reftext">15. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/66-15.htm">God's severe judgments against the wicked</a></span><br><span class="reftext">18. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/66-18.htm">The Gentiles shall have an holy church</a></span><br><span class="reftext">24. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/66-24.htm">And see the damnation of the wicked</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/isaiah/66.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/isaiah/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/isaiah/66.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Before she was in labor, she gave birth;</b><br>This phrase presents a miraculous and supernatural event, suggesting an effortless and sudden birth. In the context of Isaiah, this imagery is often interpreted as a metaphor for the sudden restoration and blessing of Zion. The idea of a birth without labor pains symbolizes God's intervention and the fulfillment of His promises without the expected struggle or delay. This can be connected to the broader biblical theme of God's ability to bring about His purposes swiftly and unexpectedly, as seen in other scriptures like <a href="/psalms/46-5.htm">Psalm 46:5</a>, where God is described as being in the midst of His people, ensuring their stability and deliverance.<p><b>before she was in pain, she delivered a boy.</b><br>The mention of delivering a boy without pain further emphasizes the miraculous nature of the event. In the cultural and historical context of ancient Israel, childbirth was often associated with pain and struggle, as seen in <a href="/genesis/3-16.htm">Genesis 3:16</a>, where pain in childbirth is part of the curse after the fall. The absence of pain here signifies a reversal of the curse and points to a new creation or a new beginning. This can be seen as a type of Christ, where the birth of the Messiah brings about a new covenant and the ultimate redemption of God's people. The imagery of a boy being born can also be linked to the prophecy of the coming Messiah, as seen in <a href="/isaiah/9-6.htm">Isaiah 9:6</a>, where a child is born to bring peace and establish God's kingdom.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/i/isaiah.htm">Isaiah</a></b><br>The prophet who authored the book, delivering messages from God to the people of Judah and Jerusalem.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/z/zion/jerusalem.htm">Zion/Jerusalem</a></b><br>Often symbolically represented as a woman in labor, Zion is the city of God and the spiritual heart of Israel.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_boy/child.htm">The Boy/Child</a></b><br>Symbolic of the new birth or new creation that God is bringing forth, often interpreted as the coming of the Messiah or the birth of a new nation.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a></b><br>The orchestrator of the miraculous birth, emphasizing His sovereignty and power over creation and history.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_people_of_israel.htm">The People of Israel</a></b><br>The recipients of the prophecy, who are encouraged to trust in God's promises and His ability to bring about His plans.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_in_fulfillment.htm">God's Sovereignty in Fulfillment</a></b><br>God's plans are fulfilled in His timing and often in unexpected ways. Trust in His sovereignty even when circumstances seem impossible.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/m/miraculous_birth_and_new_beginnings.htm">Miraculous Birth and New Beginnings</a></b><br>Just as God brought forth a child without labor pains, He can bring new beginnings in our lives without the expected struggles. Be open to His miraculous interventions.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/symbolism_of_birth_in_scripture.htm">Symbolism of Birth in Scripture</a></b><br>Birth is a powerful symbol of new life and hope. Reflect on how God is birthing new things in your spiritual journey.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_faith_in_god's_promises.htm">The Role of Faith in God's Promises</a></b><br>The people of Israel were called to have faith in God's promises. Similarly, we are called to trust in His promises for our lives today.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/a/anticipation_of_the_messiah.htm">Anticipation of the Messiah</a></b><br>This verse points to the anticipation of the Messiah, encouraging us to live in expectation of Christ's return and His work in our lives.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_isaiah_66.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Isaiah 66</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_isaiah_7_14_predict_jesus's_birth.htm">Matthew 1:22-23 - Does Isaiah 7:14 really foretell Jesus's birth, or was that prophecy intended for a different context?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_isaiah_7_14_fit_with_science.htm">How does Isaiah 7:14 align with scientific understanding of conception, especially if it implies a virgin birth?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_is_'almah'_mistranslated_in_isaiah_7_14.htm">Why does Isaiah 7:14's prophecy about a virgin birth rely on a mistranslation of the Hebrew word almah (young woman)?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/was_isaiah_7_14-16_fulfilled_then.htm">Does historical or archaeological evidence confirm that the sign promised in Isaiah 7:14-16 was recognized or fulfilled in Isaiah's time?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/isaiah/66.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(7) <span class= "bld">Before she travailed . . .</span>--The mother, as the next verse shows, is Zion; the man-child, born at last without the travail-pangs of sorrow, is the new Israel, the true Israel of God. The same figure has met us in <a href="/context/isaiah/49-17.htm" title="Your children shall make haste; your destroyers and they that made you waste shall go forth of you.">Isaiah 49:17-21</a>; <a href="/isaiah/54-1.htm" title="Sing, O barren, you that did not bear; break forth into singing, and cry aloud, you that did not travail with child: for more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife, said the LORD.">Isaiah 54:1</a>, and is implied in <a href="/matthew/24-8.htm" title="All these are the beginning of sorrows.">Matthew 24:8</a>. Its antithesis is found in <a href="/isaiah/37-3.htm" title="And they said to him, Thus said Hezekiah, This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and of blasphemy: for the children are come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth.">Isaiah 37:3</a>.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/isaiah/66.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verses 7, 8.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Before she travailed</span>, etc. Without any long delay, without any labour pains, Zion will bring forth a man-child - a whole nation, which wilt be born at once, and not grow up by slow degrees. The occupation of Jerusalem by the great body of the returned exiles (<a href="/ezra/2-1.htm">Ezra 2:1</a>; <a href="/ezra/3-1.htm">Ezra 3:1</a>) is intended. Such a second birth of a nation was strange, and without precedent (comp. <a href="/isaiah/42-9.htm">Isaiah 42:9</a>; <a href="/isaiah/43-19.htm">Isaiah 43:19</a>). <span class="cmt_word">Shall the earth be made to bring forth in one day?</span> rather, can <span class="accented">a land be brought forth in one day</span>? It is not only a people, but a country, that is born anew; not only the Jews, but Judaea. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/isaiah/66-7.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Before</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּטֶ֥רֶם</span> <span class="translit">(bə·ṭe·rem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2962.htm">Strong's 2962: </a> </span><span class="str2">Non-occurrence, not yet, before</span><br /><br /><span class="word">she was in labor,</span><br /><span class="heb">תָּחִ֖יל</span> <span class="translit">(tā·ḥîl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2342.htm">Strong's 2342: </a> </span><span class="str2">To twist, whirl, to dance, to writhe in pain, fear, to wait, to pervert</span><br /><br /><span class="word">she gave birth;</span><br /><span class="heb">יָלָ֑דָה</span> <span class="translit">(yā·lā·ḏāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3205.htm">Strong's 3205: </a> </span><span class="str2">To bear young, to beget, medically, to act as midwife, to show lineage</span><br /><br /><span class="word">before</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּטֶ֨רֶם</span> <span class="translit">(bə·ṭe·rem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2962.htm">Strong's 2962: </a> </span><span class="str2">Non-occurrence, not yet, before</span><br /><br /><span class="word">she was in pain,</span><br /><span class="heb">חֵ֛בֶל</span> <span class="translit">(ḥê·ḇel)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2256.htm">Strong's 2256: </a> </span><span class="str2">A rope, a measuring line, a district, inheritance, a noose, a company, a throe, ruin</span><br /><br /><span class="word">she delivered</span><br /><span class="heb">וְהִמְלִ֥יטָה</span> <span class="translit">(wə·him·lî·ṭāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4422.htm">Strong's 4422: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be smooth, to escape, to release, rescue, to bring forth young, emit sparks</span><br /><br /><span class="word">a boy.</span><br /><span class="heb">זָכָֽר׃</span> <span class="translit">(zā·ḵār)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2145.htm">Strong's 2145: </a> </span><span class="str2">Remembered, a male</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/isaiah/66-7.htm">Isaiah 66:7 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/isaiah/66-7.htm">Isaiah 66:7 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/isaiah/66-7.htm">Isaiah 66:7 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/isaiah/66-7.htm">Isaiah 66:7 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/isaiah/66-7.htm">Isaiah 66:7 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/isaiah/66-7.htm">Isaiah 66:7 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/isaiah/66-7.htm">Isaiah 66:7 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/isaiah/66-7.htm">Isaiah 66:7 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/isaiah/66-7.htm">Isaiah 66:7 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/isaiah/66-7.htm">Isaiah 66:7 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/isaiah/66-7.htm">OT Prophets: Isaiah 66:7 Before she travailed she brought forth (Isa Isi Is)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/isaiah/66-6.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Isaiah 66:6"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Isaiah 66:6" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/isaiah/66-8.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Isaiah 66:8"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Isaiah 66:8" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>