Isaiah 66:7-9

New Catholic Bible

⁷ Before she entered into labor,
    she gave birth.
Before she experienced the birth pains,
    she delivered a son.
⁸ Who ever heard of such a thing?
    Who has ever seen anything like this?
Can a country be born in a single day?
    Can a nation be delivered in a single moment?
Yet Zion was scarcely in labor
    when she brought forth her children.
⁹ Shall I open the womb and not deliver?
    says the Lord.
Shall I close the womb at the moment of delivery?
    says your God.