Isaiah 66:7-8

66:7 Before she goes into labor, she gives birth!

Before her contractions begin, she delivers a boy!

66:8 Who has ever heard of such a thing?

Who has ever seen this?

Can a country be brought forth in one day?

Can a nation be born in a single moment?

Yet as soon as Zion goes into labor she gives birth to sons!


tn Heb “land,” but here אֶרֶץ (’erets) stands metonymically for an organized nation (see the following line).