Who has heard such a thing? - Of a birth so sudden. Usually in childbirth, there are the pains of prolonged labor. The earth brings…

Shall the earth be made ... —Better, Shall a land be made to travail. The usually slow processes of national development …

Who hath heard such a thing? He extols the greatness of the thing of which he has spoken, for he means that there will be a wonderful and …

Who has heard such a thing? who has seen such things ?
&c.] Such numerous conversions, as after related; suggesting …

The prophet turns to those who trembled at God's word, to comfort and encourage them. The Lord will appear, to the joy of the humble believer and t…

1. Thus says the Lord. Here he specifies how the sentence will be executed.

   • First, in particular, concerning the J…