Isaiah 66:7-9 Before she travailed, she brought forth; before her pain came, she was delivered of a man child.… The predictive message of our prophet is now so far advanced that the future promised is at the door; the Church of the future is already like a child ripe for birth, and about to separate from the womb of Zion hitherto barren. The God, who has already prepared everything so far, will suddenly make Zion a mother; a man-child, i.e. a whole nation after Jehovah's heart, will suddenly lie in her lap; and this new-born Israel, not the corrupt mass, will build Jehovah a Temple. (F. Delitzsch, D. D.) Parallel Verses KJV: Before she travailed, she brought forth; before her pain came, she was delivered of a man child.WEB: "Before she travailed, she brought forth; before her pain came, she delivered a son. |
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