Isaiah 66:8 BSB — MannaFest

Isaiah 66:8

Who has heard of such as this? Who has seen such things? Can a country be born in a day or a nation be delivered in an instant? Yet as soon as Zion was in labor, she gave birth to her children.

BSB

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ASV

Who hath heard such a thing? who hath seen such things? Shall a land be born in one day? shall a nation be brought forth at once? for as soon as Zion travailed, she brought forth her children.

KJV

Who hath heard such a thing? who hath seen such things? Shall the earth be made to bring forth in one day? or shall a nation be born at once? for as soon as Zion travailed, she brought forth her children.

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Commentary

4 voices

Jerome

COMMENTARY ON ISAIAH 18:23 (420)

Zion therefore gave birth, that is, the remnant of Israel and the faith of the believing apostles gave birth to the male Lord and Savior, who was generated at once throughout the entire universe. No one has either heard or told his story or taught it to anyone, so that all the nations might come to believe in a very short time and that there might be formed one Christian people from all the various peoples.

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

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Who hath seen “And who hath seen” - Twenty MSS., (four ancient), of Kennicott’s, and twenty-nine of De Rossi’s, and two ancient of my own, and the two oldest editions, with two others, have ומי umi, adding the conjunction ו vau; and so read all the ancient versions. And who hath seen?

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

In English Version it means, The earth brings forth its productions gradually, not in one day (Mr 4:28). at once--In this case, contrary to the usual growth of the nations by degrees, Israel starts into maturity at once. for--rather, "is a nation born at once, that Zion has, so soon as she travailed, brought forth?" [MAURER].

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Original language & word study

22 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
מִֽי־	mi-	who?	H4310 →
שָׁמַ֣ע	sha.Ma'	has he heard	H8085 →
כָּזֹ֗את	ka.Zot	like this	H2063 →
מִ֤י	mi	who?	H4310 →
רָאָה֙	ra.'Ah	has he seen	H7200 →
כָּאֵ֔לֶּה	ka.'E.leh	like these	H428 →
הֲי֤וּחַל	ha.Yu.chal	¿ will it be brought forth	H2342 →
אֶ֙רֶץ֙	'e.retz	a land	H776 →
בְּי֣וֹם	be.Yom	in a day	H3117 →
אֶחָ֔ד	'e.Chad	one	H259 →
אִם־	'im-	or?	H518 →
יִוָּ֥לֵֽד	yi.Va.led	will it be born	H3205 →
גּ֖וֹי	Goy	a nation	H1471 →
פַּ֣עַם	Pa.'am	a time	H6471 →
אֶחָ֑ת	'e.Chat	one	H259 →
כִּֽי־	ki-	for	H3588 →
חָ֛לָה	Cha.lah	she was in labor	H2342 →
גַּם־	gam-	also	H1571 →
יָלְדָ֥ה	Yal.dah	she gave birth to	H3205 →
צִיּ֖וֹן	tzi.Yon	Zion	H6726 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
בָּנֶֽיהָ׃	ba.Nei.ha	children her	H1121 →

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

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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
1 Corinthians 2:9
Rather, as it is written: “No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no heart has imagined, what God has prepared for those who love Him.”
leads to
- Isaiah 64:4
  From ancient times no one has heard, no ear has perceived, no eye has seen any God besides You, who acts on behalf of those who wait for Him.
- Psalms 31:19
  How great is Your goodness which You have laid up for those who fear You, which You have bestowed before the sons of men on those who take refuge in You!
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- James 1:12
  Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, because when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love Him.
- Romans 8:28
  And we know that God works all things together for the good of those who love Him, who are called according to His purpose.
- Isaiah 65:17
  For behold, I will create new heavens and a new earth. The former things will not be remembered, nor will they come to mind.
Through
Isaiah 64:4
From ancient times no one has heard, no ear has perceived, no eye has seen any God besides You, who acts on behalf of those who wait for Him.
leads to
- 1 Corinthians 2:9–10
  Rather, as it is written: “No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no heart has imagined, what God has prepared for those who love Him.”
- James 5:7
  Be patient, then, brothers, until the Lord’s coming. See how the farmer awaits the precious fruit of the soil—how patient he is for the fall and spring rains.
- Isaiah 25:9
  And in that day it will be said, “Surely this is our God; we have waited for Him, and He has saved us. This is the LORD for whom we have waited. Let us…

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