Charles Ellicott Commentary Isaiah 66:8

"Who hath heard such a thing? who hath seen such things? Shall a land be born in one day? shall a nation be brought forth at once? for as soon as Zion travailed, she brought forth her children." — Isaiah 66:8 (ASV)

Shall the earth be made ... —Better, Shall a land be made to travail. The usually slow processes of national development are contrasted with the supernatural rapidity of the birth and growth of the new Israel.