Isaiah 66:7 BSB — MannaFest

Isaiah 66:7

“Before she was in labor, she gave birth; before she was in pain, she delivered a boy.

BSB

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ASV

Before she travailed, she brought forth; before her pain came, she was delivered of a man-child.

KJV

Before she travailed, she brought forth; before her pain came, she was delivered of a man child.

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Commentary

4 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

Before she travailed, she brought forth,.... That is, Zion, as appears from the following verse: lest it should be thought that the interest of Christ would be swallowed up and lost in the destruction of the Jews, this, and what follows, are said concerning the conversion of many of that people, both in the first times of the Gospel, and in the latter day, as well as concerning the calling of the Gentiles, and the uniting of both in one church state.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

He that, &c. - Solomon, Prov. xv, 8, gives a full commentary on the whole verse; The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord. As if - From hence it is plain, that the prophet is not here reflecting upon idolatrous worship, but formal worship: upon those who in a formality worshipped the true God, and by acts which he had appointed.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Before she travailed, she brought forth - That is, Zion. The idea here is, that there would be a great and sudden increase of her numbers. Zion is here represented, as it often is, as a female (see Isa 1:8), and as the mother of spiritual children (compare Isa 54:1; Isa 49:20-21). The particular idea here is, that the increase would be sudden - as if a child were born without the usual delay and pain of parturition.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

A man child's birth is in the East a matter of special joy, while that of a female is not so; therefore, it here means the manly sons of the restored Jewish Church, the singular being used collectively for the plural: or the many sons being regarded as one under Messiah, who shall then be manifested as their one representative Head.

Voices on this verse

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Original language & word study

9 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
בְּטֶ֥רֶם	be.Te.rem	<in> before	H2962 →
תָּחִ֖יל	ta.Chil	she was in labor	H2342 →
יָלָ֑דָה	ya.La.dah	she gave birth	H3205 →
בְּטֶ֨רֶם	be.Te.rem	<in> before	H2962 →
יָב֥וֹא	ya.Vo'	it came	H935 →
חֵ֛בֶל	Che.vel	labor-pain[s]	H2256 →
לָ֖הּ	lah	to her
וְהִמְלִ֥יטָה	ve.him.Li.tah	and she delivered	H4422 →
זָכָֽר׃	za.Khar	a male	H2145 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Isaiah 54:1
“Shout for joy, O barren woman, who bears no children; break forth in song and cry aloud, you who have never travailed; because more are the children of the desolate woman than of her…
leads to
- Galatians 4:27
  For it is written: “Rejoice, O barren woman, who bears no children; break forth and cry aloud, you who have never travailed; because more are the children of the desolate woman than of her…
- Isaiah 62:4
  No longer will you be called Forsaken, nor your land named Desolate; but you will be called Hephzibah, and your land Beulah; for the LORD will take delight in you, and your land will…
- 1 Samuel 2:5
  The well-fed hire themselves out for food, but the starving hunger no more. The barren woman gives birth to seven, but she who has many sons pines away.
- Hebrews 11:11–12
  By faith Sarah, even though she was barren and beyond the proper age, was enabled to conceive a child, because she considered Him faithful who had promised.
- Psalms 113:9
  He settles the barren woman in her home as a joyful mother to her children. Hallelujah!
Through
Galatians 4:26
But the Jerusalem above is free, and she is our mother.
leads to
- Hebrews 12:22
  Instead, you have come to Mount Zion, to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem. You have come to myriads of angels
- Philippians 3:20
  But our citizenship is in heaven, and we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ,
- Revelation 21:2
  I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.

About Isaiah

The Prophet Isaiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

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06About Isaiah

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Where the connections lead

Commentary

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