Isaiah 66:10-14c
Chapter 66
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“Rejoice for Jerusalem and be glad for her, all you who love her. Be glad with her, rejoice with her, all you who were in grief over her,
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that you may suck of the milk from her comforting breasts, that you may drink deeply from the abundance of her glory.”
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For this is what the Lord says: I will send her peace, overflowing like a river; and the nations’ wealth, rushing like a torrent towards her. And you will be nursed and carried in her arms and fondled upon her lap.
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As a son comforted by his mother, so will I comfort you.
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At this sight, your heart will rejoice; like grass, your bones will flourish. For it shall be known that the Lord’s hand is with his servant, but his fury is upon his enemy.
Commentaries
A People Is Reborn.
Jerusalem is personified as a mother giving birth to the people. The pains of childbirth are rewarded with the joy of new life. God is the one who “opens the womb” and makes birth possible. Verse 13 shows God as a mother (cf. Ps 131). All the fruits of peace that Israel experiences have God as their author (cf. Ps 126:1).