5. Hear Yahweh’s word, you who tremble at his word: “Your brothers who hate you, who cast you out for my name’s sake, have said, ‘Let Yahweh be glorified, that we may see your joy;’ but it is those who shall be disappointed.
6. A voice of tumult from the city, a voice from the temple, a voice of Yahweh that repays his enemies what they deserve.
7. “Before she travailed, she gave birth. Before her pain came, she delivered a son.
8. Who has heard of such a thing? Who has seen such things? Shall a land be born in one day? Shall a nation be born at once? For as soon as Zion travailed, she gave birth to her children.