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Isaiah 66:9 Cross-References
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“Shall I bring to the birth, and not cause to bring forth? saith the LORD: shall I cause to bring forth, and shut the womb? saith thy God. not: or, not beget?”
Isaiah 66:9 (KJV)
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Commentary on Isaiah 66:9
God answers His own rhetorical questions: "Shall I bring to the birth, and not cause to bring forth? saith the LORD: shall I cause to bring forth, and shut the womb? saith thy God." Two questions affirm God's faithfulness to complete what He begins. The Hebrew ashbir (bring to birth) and olid (cause to bring forth) emphasize God's active role in conception and delivery. The questions are rhetorical—obviously God doesn't initiate labor and then prevent birth! The promise: God completes what He starts. "Saith the LORD" and "saith thy God" add double affirmation—this is covenant promise from Yahw...
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“Thus says Hezekiah, 'This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and of rejection; for the children have come to the birth, and there is no strength to bring forth.,And they said unto him, Thus saith 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., וַיֹּאמְרוּ אֵלָיו כֹּה אָמַר חִזְקִיָּהוּ יוֹם־צָרָה וְתוֹכֵחָה וּנְאָצָה הַיּוֹם הַזֶּה כִּי בָאוּ בָנִים עַד־מַשְׁבֵּר וְכֹחַ אַיִן לְלֵדָה׃ ,And they said unto him: Thus saith Hezekiah: This day is a day of trouble”
“when the season comes round”