Isaiah 66:13

As a mother comforts her child, so I will comfort you, and you will be comforted in Jerusalem.” 1

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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

12This is what Yahweh says, 1 “I am about to spread prosperity over her like a river, 1 and the riches of the nations like an overflowing stream. 1 You will nurse at her side, be carried in her arms, and be dandled on her knees. 1

14You will see this, and your heart will rejoice, and your bones will sprout like the tender grass. 1 The hand of Yahweh will be made known to his servants, but he will show his anger against his enemies. 1

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Cross References

Isaiah 40:1“Comfort, comfort my people,” says your God. 1

Isaiah 51:12“I, I, am he who comforts you. 1 Why are you afraid of men, who will die, the sons of mankind, who are made like grass? 1

Isaiah 66:10Rejoice with Jerusalem and be glad for her, all you who love her; 1 rejoice with her, all you who mourned over her! 1

1 Thessalonians 2:7Instead, we were as gentle among you as a mother comforting her own children. + 2:7 Some other versions read, Instead, we were like babies among you, as when a mother comforts her own children .

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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