Isaiah 66:5-14

⁵ Give ear to the word of the Lord, you who are in fear at his word: your countrymen, hating you, and driving you out because of my name, have said, Let the Lord's glory be made clear, so that we may see your joy; but they will be put to shame. ⁶ There is a noise of war from the town, a sound from the Temple, the voice of the Lord giving punishment to his haters. ⁷ Before her pains came, she gave birth; before her pains, she gave birth to a man-child. ⁸ When has such a story come to men's ears? who has seen such things? will a land come to birth in one day? will a nation be given birth in a minute? For when Zion's pains came on her, she gave birth to her children straight away. ⁹ Will I by whom the birth was started, not make it complete? says the Lord. Will I who make children come to birth, let them be kept back? says your God. ¹⁰ Have joy with Jerusalem, and be glad with her, all you her lovers: take part in her joy, all you who are sorrowing for her: ¹¹ So that you may take of the comfort flowing from her breasts, and be delighted with the full measure of her glory. ¹² For the Lord says, See, I will make her peace like a river, and the glory of the nations like an overflowing stream, and she will take her children in her arms, gently caring for them on her knees. ¹³ As to one who is comforted by his mother, so will I give you comfort: and you will be comforted in Jerusalem. ¹⁴ And you will see it and your heart will be glad, and your bones will get new strength, like young grass: and the hand of the Lord will be seen at work for his servants, and his wrath against his haters.