Isaiah 66:13

I will comfort you people in Jerusalem like [MET] mothers comfort their children.”

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

As one whom his mother comforteth, so will I comfort you; and ye shall be comforted in Jerusalem.

In Context

12Yahweh has promised, “I will cause Jerusalem to be full of valuable things that come from other nations; those things will pour into Jerusalem; it will be like [SIM] a big flood. I will take care of the people of Jerusalem like women care for the babies that they nurse.

14When you see those things happen, you [SYN] will rejoice. Your old bones will become strong again like [SIM] grass that grows quickly/well in the springtime. When that happens, everyone will know that Yahweh has power [MTY] to help those who worship and obey him, but that he is angry with his enemies.

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Cross References

Isaiah 40:1Our God says, “Encourage my people! Encourage them!

Isaiah 51:12Yahweh says, “I am the one who encourages you. So ◄why are you/you should not be► [RHQ] afraid of humans who will wither and disappear like [MET] grass.

Isaiah 66:10You people in [APO] Jerusalem, rejoice! And all you people who love Jerusalem should also be happy. You people who were sad because of what happened to Jerusalem, you should now be glad.

1 Thessalonians 2:7although we could have demanded that you should honor/respect us, because we are apostles who represent (OR, speak for) Christ. On the contrary, we were gentle when we were among you, as a mother gently takes care of her own children [SIM].

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 66:6-15

Encouragement to the Persecuted; The Enlargement of the Church. ( b. c. 706.) 5 Hear the word of the Lord , ye that tremble at his word; Your brethren that hated you, that cast you out for my name's sake, said, Let the Lord be glorified: but he shall appear to your joy, and they shall be ashamed. 6 A voice of noise from the city, a voice from the temple, a voice of the Lord that rendereth recompence to his enemies. 7 Before she travailed, she brought forth; before her pain came, she was delivered of a man child. 8… Read the whole commentary →

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