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10th March 2024
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'Candice Lucey' asks
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'What Does Isaiah 66:13 Mean by 'As a Mother Comforts Her Child, So Will I Comfort You?''
Contrary to some beliefs, there is no "Mother" counterpart to Father God, but Isaiah was prompted by God to comfort Israel with a maternal promise.
"Isaiah contains some of the most incredible prophecies of any book.
It contains foreknowledge, in incredible details about the Messiah, and the future reign of Jesus."
Isaiah describes how God will punish the people, but He also uses Isaiah to spread the message that a Saviour is coming
Isaiah wrote these words, which God gave him directly. He begins Chapter 66
"Thus says the Lord."
Isaiah was a prophet and his book is considered one of the major prophetic books because it is so lengthy and full of Messianic prophecy.
Little is known about Isaiah's personal life, but "some scholars speculate that Isaiah was a member of the royal family since he had easy access to the kings."
He was a "Jewish prophet who lived during the eighth century BC."
Isaiah's words were written more than 700 years before the birth of Jesus.
Israel had fallen away from the Lord and Isaiah was called by God to tell the people of God's wrath and His promise of hope.
The final section of the Book of Isaiah, tells of "the new Heavens and Earth" which is that great reward for all those who trust and obey God."
The Lord builds a metaphor in which "before she was in labour" Jerusalem "gave birth." (v.7)
She is a nursing mother. (v.11)
As a mother comforts her child, so I'll comfort you. (The Message)
The New Living Translation changes the grammatical strategy to blend the two parts together.
The word for "comfort" in Hebrew is ănahemkem meaning "I will comfort."
Immow is literally "his mother" in Hebrew.
David Guzik writes that this is a prophecy about "a day when the victory will come easily to Jerusalem, when she will be, more than conquerors through Him who loved us."
This will be Jerusalem's comfort.
"No one can comfort like a mother, and God will bring that kind of comfort to His people."
Guzik quotes Spurgeon: "a father can comfort" but "he is not much at home at the work.
When God speaks about his pity, he compares himself to their father," but "when he speaks about comfort, he selects the mother."
A Prayer for Mother's Day Inspired by Isaiah 66:13
God, we confess that we do not all value our mothers as we ought to.
We take them for granted and forget how they have often gone without rest,
sometimes without food, and frequently without simple pleasures, for our sakes.
Forgive us, God, and teach us to honour our mothers.
And Father, thank You for showing us what comforting others looks like, whether as biological and adoptive mothers or as mother figures.
In Your Son's name,
Amen.
It's surprising to see God represent Himself in a soft, tender, and feminine way.
We usually use a male pronoun in reference to Him, and His identity is frequently one of awe-inspiring, even frightening power.
Isaiah 66:13 reminds us that every good aspect of every person - including women - comes from Him, the Creator.
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Candice Lucey
is a freelance writer from British Columbia, Canada, where she lives with her family.
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