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Isaiah 66:7-9
International Standard Version
Isaiah 66:7-9
International Standard Version
7 “Before she goes into labor she gives birth;
before her pains come upon her
she has delivered[a] a son.
8 Who has ever heard of such a thing?
And[b] who ever sees[c] 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[d] the Lord.
“And when I bring to delivery, am I to close[e] the womb?”
asks your God.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 66:7 So 1QIsaa; 1QIsab MT LXX read and she has delivered
- Isaiah 66:8 So 1QIsaa LXX; 1QIsab MT lack And
- Isaiah 66:8 So 1QIsaa. 1QIsab MT LXX read has seen
- Isaiah 66:9 Lit. says
- Isaiah 66:9 So 1QIsaa (imperfect); 1QIsab MT (perfect)
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