SHALL A NATION BE BORN AT ONCE

ISAIAH 66:6-14

 

A VOICE OF NOISE FROM THE CITY, 

A VOICE FROM THE TEMPLE, 

A VOICE OF THE LORD THAT 

RENDERETH RECOMPENCE TO HIS ENEMIES.

BEFORE SHE TRAVAILED, SHE BROUGHT FORTH; BEFORE HER PAIN CAME, 

SHE WAS DELIVERED OF A MAN CHILD. 

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. 

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.

 REJOICE YE WITH JERUSALEM, 

AND BE GLAD WITH HER, 

ALL YE THAT LOVE HER: 

REJOICE FOR JOY WITH HER, 

ALL YE THAT MOURN FOR HER: 

THAT YE MAY SUCK, 

AND BE SATISFIED WITH 

THE BREASTS OF HER CONSOLATIONS; 

THAT YE MAY MILK OUT, 

AND 

BE DELIGHTED WITH THE 

ABUNDANCE OF HER GLORY. 

FOR THUS SAITH THE LORD, 

BEHOLD, I WILL EXTEND 

PEACE TO HER LIKE A RIVER, 

AND THE GLORY OF THE 

GENTILES LIKE A FLOWING STREAM: 

THEN SHALL YE SUCK, 

YE SHALL BE BORNE 

UPON HER SIDES, AND BE 

DANDLED UPON HER KNEES. 

AS ONE WHOM HIS MOTHER 

COMFORTETH, 

SO WILL I COMFORT YOU; 

AND YE SHALL BE COMFORTED 

IN JERUSALEM. 

AND WHEN 

YE SEE THIS, YOUR HEART 

SHALL REJOICE, AND YOUR 

BONES SHALL FLOURISH 

LIKE AN HERB: AND 

THE HAND OF THE LORD SHALL

BE KNOWN TOWARD HIS SERVANTS,

AND HIS INDIGNATION

TOWARD HIS ENEMIES.

 

LOVE