Isaiah 66:9-14

English Standard Version

⁹Shall I bring to the point of birth and not cause to bring forth?”
says the Lord;
“shall I, who cause to bring forth, shut the womb?”
says your God.

¹⁰^(A)“Rejoice with Jerusalem, and be glad for her,
    all you who love her;
rejoice with her in joy,
    all you who mourn over her;
¹¹that you may nurse and be satisfied
    from her consoling breast;
that you may drink deeply with delight
    from her glorious abundance.”^[a]

¹²For thus says the Lord:
^(B)“Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river,
    and the glory of the nations like an overflowing stream;
and ^(C)you shall nurse, you shall be carried upon her hip,
    and bounced upon her knees.
¹³As one whom his mother comforts,
    so ^(D)I will comfort you;
    you shall be comforted in Jerusalem.
¹⁴You shall see, and your heart shall rejoice;
    ^(E)your bones shall flourish like the grass;
and ^(F)the hand of the Lord shall be known to his servants,
    and he shall show his indignation against his enemies.