6. Listen! That loud noise in the city, that sound in the Temple, is the sound of the Lord punishing his enemies!
7. “My holy city is like a woman who suddenly gives birth to a child, without ever going into labour.
8. Has anyone ever seen or heard of such a thing? Has a nation ever been born in a day? Zion will not have to suffer long, before the nation is born.
9. Do not think that I will bring my people to the point of birth and not let them be born.” The Lord has spoken.
10. Rejoice with Jerusalem; be glad for her,all you that love this city!Rejoice with her now,all you that have mourned for her!
11. You will enjoy her prosperity,like a child at its mother's breast.