The New Israel
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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