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Hebrew Bible, MS Kennicott 2, fol. 4r, Sephardic scribe

Targum Isaiah 66:7–8

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Targum Isaiah 66:7–8 — as quoted by Pitre (p 121); translation: Bruce Chilton, The Isaiah Targum (Aramaic Bible 11)

Before distress comes to her she shall be delivered; and before shaking will come upon her, as pains upon a woman in travail, her king will be revealed. Who has heard of such a thing? Who has seen such things?

No freely usable English translation of this passage is online, so the note keeps Pitre's quotation and links to the full text. Translation: Bruce Chilton, The Isaiah Targum (Aramaic Bible 11), as quoted by Pitre.

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'Before distress comes to her she shall be delivered… her king will be revealed.' The Targum links Isaiah's painless birth with the coming of the king.

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