Isa 66:7-9, Hos 13:13, Joh 16:20-22 | ESV | STEP | Before she was in labor she gave birth ; before her pain came upon her she delivered a son .

aSee ch. 13:8

b[See ver. 7 above]

c Isa. 13:8; 1 Thess. 5:3

d[2 Kgs. 19:3]

e Matt. 9:15; Mark 16:10; Luke 23:27

f[Rev. 11:10]

g Jer. 31:13; See Matt. 5:4

h Isa. 26:17; [Ps. 48:6; Isa. 13:8; 1 Thess. 5:3; Rev. 12:2]

i ver. 6; [2 Cor. 6:10]

j[ver. 16]

k Ps. 33:21; Isa. 66:14; Luke 24:52; Acts 2:46; 8:8, 39; 13:52

Isaiah 66:7-9

Rejoice with Jerusalem

7 ^a“Before she was in labor
she gave birth;
before her pain came upon her
she delivered a son.
8 Who has heard such a thing?
Who has seen such things?
Shall a land be born in one day?
Shall a nation be brought forth in one moment?
For ^bas soon as Zion was in labor
she brought forth her children.
9 Shall I bring to the point of birth and not cause to bring forth?”
says the Lord;
“shall I, who cause to bring forth, shut the womb?”
says your God.

Hosea 13:13

13 ^cThe pangs of childbirth come for him,
but he is an unwise son,
for at the right time he does not present himself
^dat the opening of the womb.

John 16:20-22

20 Truly, truly, I say to you, ^eyou will weep and lament, but ^fthe world will rejoice. You will be sorrowful, but ^gyour sorrow will turn into joy. 21 ^hWhen a woman is giving birth, she has sorrow because her hour has come, but when she has delivered the baby, she no longer remembers the anguish, for joy that a human being has been born into the world. 22 ⁱSo also you have sorrow now, but ^jI will see you again, and ^kyour hearts will rejoice, and no one will take your joy from you.