Isaiah 66:9 BSB — MannaFest

Isaiah 66:9

Shall I bring a baby to the point of birth and not deliver it?” says the LORD. “Or will I who deliver close the womb?” says your God.

BSB

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ASV

Shall I bring to the birth, and not cause to bring forth? saith Jehovah: shall I that cause to bring forth shut the womb? saith thy God.

KJV

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.

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Commentary

3 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

Shall I bring to the birth, and not cause to bring forth, saith the Lord?.... Or, "to the place of breaking" forth of children, as in Hos 13:13, the womb, and the mouth of it: or, "shall I break or open" that, so some (s) render it; lest too much should or seem to be attributed to the Church, she being said to travail in birth, and bring forth children, this is said by the Lord.

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 Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

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

Shall I bring to the birth? - The sense of this verse is plain. It is, that God would certainly accomplish what he had here predicted, and for which he had made ample arrangements and preparations. He would not commence the work, and then abandon it. The figure which is used here is obvious; but one which does not render very ample illustration proper. Jarchi has well expressed it: ‘Num ego adducerem uxorem meam ad sellam partus, sc. ad partitudinem, et non aperirem uterum ejus, ut foetum suum in lucem produceret?

Voices on this verse

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Original language & word study

12 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
הַאֲנִ֥י	ha.'a.Ni	¿ I	H589 →
אַשְׁבִּ֛יר	'ash.Bir	do I bring to [the] birth	H7665 →
וְלֹ֥א	ve.Lo'	and not	H3808 →
אוֹלִ֖יד	'o.Lid	I cause to bring forth	H3205 →
יֹאמַ֣ר	yo.Mar	he says	H559 →
יְהוָ֑ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
אִם־	'im-	or?	H518 →
אֲנִ֧י	'a.Ni	[am] I	H589 →
הַמּוֹלִ֛יד	ha.mo.Lid	the [one who] causes to bring forth	H3205 →
וְעָצַ֖רְתִּי	ve.'a.Tzar.ti	and do I restrain?	H6113 →
אָמַ֥ר	'a.Mar	he says	H559 →
אֱלֹהָֽיִךְ׃ ס	'e.lo.Ha.yikh	God your	H430 →

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

H7665ʾashbirdo I bring to [the] birth147×

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
Genesis 18:14
Is anything too difficult for the LORD? At the appointed time I will return to you—in about a year—and Sarah will have a son.”
leads to
- Luke 1:37
  For no word from God will ever fail.”
- Matthew 19:26
  Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”
- Mark 10:27
  Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but not with God. For all things are possible with God.”
- Jeremiah 32:27
  “Behold, I am the LORD, the God of all flesh. Is anything too difficult for Me?
- Ephesians 3:20
  Now to Him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to His power that is at work within us,
Through
Isaiah 37:3
to tell him, “This is what Hezekiah says: Today is a day of distress, rebuke, and disgrace; for children have come to the point of birth, but there is no strength to deliver them.
leads to
- Hosea 13:13
  Labor pains come upon him, but he is an unwise son. When the time arrives, he fails to present himself at the opening of the womb.
- 2 Kings 19:3
  to tell him, “This is what Hezekiah says: Today is a day of distress, rebuke, and disgrace; for children have come to the point of birth, but there is no strength to deliver them.
- Psalms 50:15
  Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor Me.”

About Isaiah

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

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01Commentary

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Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

06About Isaiah

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Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

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About Isaiah