Isaiah 66:5-7

International Children’s Bible

⁵ You people who obey the words of the Lord,
    listen to what he says:
“Your brothers hated you.
    They turned against you because you followed me.
Your brothers said, ‘When the Lord is honored,
    we will come back and rejoice with you.’
    But they will be punished.
⁶ Listen to the loud noise coming from the city.
    Hear the noise from the Temple.
It is the Lord punishing his enemies.
    He is giving them the punishment they should have.

⁷ “A woman does not give birth before she feels the pain.
    She does not give birth to a son before she feels the pain of birth.