Isaiah 66:6-8

Contemporary English Version

⁶ Do you hear that noise
in the city and those shouts
    coming from the temple?
It is the Lord shouting
    as he punishes his enemies.

^7 (A) Have you ever heard of a woman
who gave birth to a child
    before having labor pains?
⁸ Who ever heard of such a thing
    or imagined it could happen?
Can a nation be born in a day
    or come to life in a second?
Jerusalem is like a mother
who gave birth to her children
    as soon as she was in labor.